Judges 14:12:7Judg.14.12.W7TAB

אִם־הַגֵּ֣ד

imhaged

if telling

Transliteration
im-ha-GED
Extended
ihm-hah-GEED
IPA
/ʔim.hagˈgeːd/

Meaning by language

English
if telling

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אִם + הַ + גֵּ֣ד
im + ha + ged
imhaged

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Gimelg as in good
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    im-ha-GED

  2. phraseyour reading level

    im-ha-GED ta-GI-du o-TA LI

  3. clause

    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

  4. 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

Exegesis

The conditional clause im-hagged taggidū {אִם־הַגֵּ֣ד תַּגִּידוּ | ’im-hag-ged tag-gi-dû} frames the challenge and its fulfillment.

In contextJudges 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 14:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 14:12, so the Hebrew word אִם־הַגֵּ֣ד (imhaged) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.12.W7.S1) and character.