Judges 14:12:6Judg.14.12.W6TAB
חִידָ֑ה
khida
“a riddle”
- Transliteration
- khi-DA
- Extended
- khih-DAA
- IPA
- /ħiːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a riddle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
khi-DA
- clause
va-yo-MER la-HEM shim-sHON a-khu-DA-na la-KHEM khi-DA
- sentence
va-yo-MER la-HEM shim-sHON a-khu-DA-na la-KHEM khi-DA im-ha-GED ta-GI-du o-TA LI shiv-AT ye-ME ham-mish-TE u-me-tsa-TEM ve-na-TAT-ti la-KHEM she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM
Root and etymology
ḥ-d-hHet-Dalet-Het
“riddle, mysterious utterance”
In context — Judges 14:12
And Samson said to them, “Let me set before you a riddle . If you can truly explain it to me during the seven days of the feast and solve it, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.”
About this coordinate
Judges 14:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 14:12, so the Hebrew word חִידָ֑ה (khida) 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.14.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.12.W6.S1) and character.