Judges 13:7:10Judg.13.7.W10TAB
וְשֵׁכָ֗ר
veshekhar
“and strong drink”
- Transliteration
- ve-she-KHAR
- Extended
- veh-sheh-KHAAR
- IPA
- /vəʃeːˈχaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and strong drink
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-she-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
al-tish-TE YA-yin ve-she-KHAR
- clause
ve-a-TA al-tish-TE YA-yin ve-she-KHAR ve-al-to-KHLI kol-tu-me-A ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM yih-YE ha-NA-ar min-ha-BE-ten ad-YOM mo-TO
- sentence
va-YO-mer LI hi-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LAD-te BEN ve-a-TA al-tish-TE YA-yin ve-she-KHAR ve-al-to-KHLI kol-tu-me-A ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM yih-YE ha-NA-ar min-ha-BE-ten ad-YOM mo-TO
Root and etymology
Rootš-k-r
“alcoholic drink”
In context — Judges 13:7
And he said to me, “Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and now you must not drink wine or strong drink, nor shall you eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 13:7, so the Hebrew word וְשֵׁכָ֗ר (veshekhar) 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.13.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.7.W10.S1) and character.