Judges 14:13:16Judg.14.13.W16TAB
חִידָתְךָ֖
khidatkha
“your riddle”
- Transliteration
- khi-dat-KHA
- Extended
- khi-daat-KHAA
- IPA
- /ħiːðaːtˈxɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your 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' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khi-dat-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
khu-DA khi-dat-KHA
- clause
va-yo-me-RU LO khu-DA khi-dat-KHA ve-nish-ma-E-na
- sentence
ve-IM-LO tu-khe-LU le-ha-GID LI u-ne-tat-TEM a-TEM LI she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM va-yo-me-RU LO khu-DA khi-dat-KHA ve-nish-ma-E-na
Exegesis
The narrative then shifts with wayyōmerû {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmerû} ‘and they said’, immediately giving the piel imperative ḥûḏâ {ח֥וּדָה | ḥûḏâ} ‘propose’ plus the noun ḥîḏātəkhā {חִידָתְךָ | ḥîḏātəkhā} ‘your riddle’.
Root and etymology
y-d
“hand, strength”
In context — Judges 14:13
But if you are not able to declare it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes. And they said to him, “Propose your riddle , and we will hear it.”
About this coordinate
Judges 14:13:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Judges 14:13, so the Hebrew word חִידָתְךָ֖ (khidatkha) 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.14.13.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.13.W16.S1) and character.