Judges 13:5:15Judg.13.5.W15TAB

יָחֵ֛ל

yakhel

will begin

Transliteration
ya-KHEL
Extended
yaa-KHEEL
IPA
/jaːˈħeːl/

Meaning by language

English
will begin

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Result
יָ + חֵ֛ל
ya + khel
yakhel

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-KHEL

  2. clause

    ve-HU ya-KHEL le-ho-SHI-a et-yis-ra-EL mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM

  3. sentence

    KI hi-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LAD-te BEN u-mo-RA LO-ya-a-LE al-RO-sho KI-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM yih-HE ha-NA-ar min-ha-BA-ten ve-HU ya-KHEL le-ho-SHI-a et-yis-ra-EL mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM

Exegesis

Finally, the inchoative imperfect yā-ḥēl {יָחֵל | yā-ḥēl} ‘will begin’ in wĕ-hū yā-ḥēl lə-hō-šî-‘aʿ {וְה֗וּא יָחֵל לְהוֹשִׁיעַ | wĕ-hū yā-ḥēל lə-hō-šî-‘aʿ} indicates commencement of action with direct object yiś-rā‘-ēl {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā‘-ēל} and agent miyyād pĕ-lîš-tîm {מִיַּד פְּלִשְׁתִּים | miyyād pĕ-lîשְׁ-tîm}.

In contextJudges 13:5

For behold, you will conceive and bear a son, and a razor shall not come upon his head, for the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he will begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.

About this coordinate

Judges 13:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Judges 13:5, so the Hebrew word יָחֵ֛ל (yakhel) 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.13.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.5.W15.S1) and character.