Judges 13:7:17Judg.13.7.W17TAB
מִן־הַבֶּ֖טֶן
minhabeten
“from the womb”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-BE-ten
- Extended
- mihn-hah-BEH-tehn
- IPA
- /min.habˈbɛ.ṭɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the womb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ha-BE-ten
- 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
Exegesis
ʿad-yōm mōtô {מִן־הַבֶּטֶן… עַד־י֥וֹם מוֹתוֹ | min-habbēṯen… ʿad-yōm mōtô} ‘from the womb… until the day of his death’ underscores a life-long consecration.
Root and etymology
b-t-n
“womb, belly”
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 13:7:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Judges 13:7, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַבֶּ֖טֶן (minhabeten) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.7.W17.S1) and character.