Judges 13:25:4Judg.13.25.W4TAB

לְפַעֲמ֖וֹ

lefaamo

to stir him

Transliteration
le-fa-a-MO
Extended
leh-fah-ah-MOH
IPA
/ləfaʕaˈmoː/

Meaning by language

English
to stir him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + פַ + עֲ + מ֖וֹ
le + fa + a + mo
lefaamo

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-fa-a-MO

  2. clause

    va-ta-KHEL RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH le-fa-a-MO be-ma-kha-NE-DAN

  3. sentence

    va-ta-KHEL RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH le-fa-a-MO be-ma-kha-NE-DAN BEN tsar-e-A u-VEN esh-ta-OL

Exegesis

The Piel infinitive construct lefaamo {לְפַעֲמ֖וֹ | lə-fa‘-mō} introduces a repeated or continual action.

In contextJudges 13:25

And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him from time to time in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

About this coordinate

Judges 13:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 13:25, so the Hebrew word לְפַעֲמ֖וֹ (lefaamo) 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.13.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.25.W4.S1) and character.