Judges 13:19:13Judg.13.19.W13TAB
רֹאִֽים׃
roim
“were seeing or watching”
- Transliteration
- ro-IM
- Extended
- roh-EEM
- IPA
- /roˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- were seeing or watching
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ro-IM
- clause
u-maf-LI la-a-SOT u-ma-NO-akh ve-ish-TO ro-IM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH ma-NO-akh ET-ge-DI ha-i-ZIM ve-ET-ha-min-KHA va-ya-AL al-ha-TSUR la-Ye-ho-VAH u-maf-LI la-a-SOT u-ma-NO-akh ve-ish-TO ro-IM
Exegesis
Finally, the participle rôʾîm {רֹאִֽים | rôʾîm} ‘were seeing’ portrays Manoah and his wife as continuous witnesses of the divine act.
In context — Judges 13:19
And Manoah took the young goat and the grain offering, and offered them on the rock to the LORD ; and the LORD acted wondrously as Manoah and his wife watched.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:19:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 13:19, so the Hebrew word רֹאִֽים׃ (roim) 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.13.19.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.19.W13.S1) and character.