Judges 13:16:5Judg.13.16.W5TAB
אִם־תַּעְצְרֵ֙נִי֙
imtaetsreni
“if you detain me”
- Transliteration
- im-ta-ets-re-NI
- Extended
- ihm-tah-ehts-reh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔim.taʕ.tsəreːˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if you detain me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
im-ta-ets-re-NI
- clause
va-yo-MER mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH el-ma-NO-akh im-ta-ets-re-NI lo-o-KHAL be-lakh-ME-kha ve-im-ta-a-SE o-LA la-ye-ho-VAH ta-a-LE-na
- sentence
va-yo-MER mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH el-ma-NO-akh im-ta-ets-re-NI lo-o-KHAL be-lakh-ME-kha ve-im-ta-a-SE o-LA la-ye-ho-VAH ta-a-LE-na KI lo-ya-DA ma-NO-akh ki-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH HU
Exegesis
A protasis of condition is formed with ʾim-taʿaṣrēnî {אִם־תַּעְצְרֵנִי֙ | ʾim taʿăṣrēnî} ‘if you detain me’, with the imperfect indicating a future contingent action, followed by the apodosis lō-ʾōḵal {לֹא־אֹכַל | lō ʾōḵal} ‘I will not eat’.
In context — Judges 13:16
And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, “Even if you detain me, I will not eat of your bread ; but if you prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the LORD.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 13:16, so the Hebrew word אִם־תַּעְצְרֵ֙נִי֙ (imtaetsreni) 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.13.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.16.W5.S1) and character.