Judges 13:14:8Judg.13.14.W8TAB
וְשֵׁכָר֙
veshekhar
“and strong drink”
- Transliteration
- ve-she-KHAR
- Extended
- veh-sheh-KHAAR
- IPA
- /vəʃeːˈχaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and strong drink
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ve-she-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-YIN ve-she-KHAR
- clause
mi-KOL a-SHER-ye-TSE mi-GE-fen ha-ya-YIN LO to-KHAL ve-ya-YIN ve-she-KHAR al-TE-shte ve-khol-tu-me-A al-to-KHAL
- sentence
mi-KOL a-SHER-ye-TSE mi-GE-fen ha-ya-YIN LO to-KHAL ve-ya-YIN ve-she-KHAR al-TE-shte ve-khol-tu-me-A al-to-KHAL KOL a-SHER-tsi-vi-TI-ha tish-MOR
Exegesis
The conjunction vav {וְ | wə-} links wine and shekar {שֵׁכָר | šē-kār} ‘strong drink.’
Root and etymology
Rootsh-k-r
“strong drink”
In context — Judges 13:14
She shall not eat anything that comes from the vine , and she shall not drink wine or strong drink, and she shall not eat any unclean thing. Everything that I have commanded her, she shall observe.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 13:14, so the Hebrew word וְשֵׁכָר֙ (veshekhar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.13.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.14.W8.S1) and character.