Judges 13:3:7Judg.13.3.W7TAB
אַתְּ־עֲקָרָה֙
atakara
“you are barren”
- Transliteration
- at-a-ka-RA
- Extended
- aht-ăh-qaa-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔat.ʕă.qaːˈrɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you are barren
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
at-a-ka-RA
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NE-na at-a-ka-RA
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LE-ha hi-NE-na at-a-ka-RA ve-LO ya-LAD-te ve-ha-RIT ve-ya-LAD-te BEN
- sentence
va-ye-RA mal-AKH-ye-ho-VAH el-ha-i-SHA va-yo-MER e-LE-ha hi-NE-na at-a-ka-RA ve-LO ya-LAD-te ve-ha-RIT ve-ya-LAD-te BEN
Exegesis
The fused pronoun-noun at-akarah {אַתְּ־עֲקָרָה֙ | ʾattə–ʿăqārāh} ‘you are barren’ conveys her status.
Root and etymology
ʿ-q-rayin–qof–resh
“to be barren”
In context — Judges 13:3
The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said, “Look closely: you are barren and have not borne a child, yet you will conceive and bear a son.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 13:3, so the Hebrew word אַתְּ־עֲקָרָה֙ (atakara) 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.13.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.3.W7.S1) and character.