Judges 13:7:8Judg.13.7.W8TAB
אַל־תִּשְׁתִּ֣י
altishte
“do not drink {you, feminine}”
- Transliteration
- al-tish-TE
- Extended
- ahl-tihsh-TEH
- IPA
- /ʔal.tiʃˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not drink {you, feminine}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
al-tish-TE
- 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
Exegesis
wəʾal-tōʾaḵlī {אַל־תִּשְׁתִּי… וְאַל־תֹּאכְלִי | ʾal-tištī… wəʾal-tōʾaḵlī} ‘do not drink… do not eat’ employ imperfect verbs for ongoing commands.
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 13:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 13:7, so the Hebrew word אַל־תִּשְׁתִּ֣י (altishte) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.7.W8.S1) and character.