Judges 14:10:11Judg.14.10.W11TAB
הַבַּחוּרִֽים׃
habakhurim
“the young men”
- Transliteration
- ha-ba-khu-RIM
- Extended
- hah-bah-khoo-REEM
- IPA
- /hab.baħuˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the young men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ba-khu-RIM
- clause
va-ya-AS SHAM shim-SHON mish-TE KI KEN ya-a-SU ha-ba-khu-RIM
- sentence
va-YE-red a-vi-HU el-ha-i-SHA va-ya-AS SHAM shim-SHON mish-TE KI KEN ya-a-SU ha-ba-khu-RIM
Exegesis
The causal conjunction kî kên {כִּי כֵּן | kî kên} 'for thus' leads into the imperfect yaʿăśû {יַעֲשׂוּ | yaʿăśû} 'they do', with hab-baḥûrîm {הַבַּחוּרִים | hab-baḥûrîm} 'the young men' as subject. Hebrew syntax places explanatory clauses at clause end, while English relocates them to maintain natural subject-verb-object order and preserve causal nuance.
Root and etymology
b-ḥ-rbet–ḥet–resh
“to choose”
In context — Judges 14:10
So his father went down to the woman, and Samson held a feast there, for this was customary among the bachurim .
About this coordinate
Judges 14:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 14:10, so the Hebrew word הַבַּחוּרִֽים׃ (habakhurim) 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.14.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.10.W11.S1) and character.