Judges 14:15:10Judg.14.15.W10TAB
פֶּן־נִשְׂרֹ֥ף
pennisrof
“lest we burn”
- Transliteration
- pen-nis-ROF
- Extended
- pehn-nihs-ROHF
- IPA
- /pɛn.nisˈrɔf/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest we burn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
pen-nis-ROF
- phraseyour reading level
pen-nis-ROF o-TAKH
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yo-me-RU le-E-shet-shim-SHON pa-TI et-i-SHEKH ve-yag-GED-la-NU et-ha-khi-DA pen-nis-ROF o-TAKH ve-et-BET a-VIKH ba-ESH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yo-me-RU le-E-shet-shim-SHON pa-TI et-i-SHEKH ve-yag-GED-la-NU et-ha-khi-DA pen-nis-ROF o-TAKH ve-et-BET a-VIKH ba-ESH hal-ya-re-SHE-nu ke-ra-TEM la-NU ha-LO
Exegesis
The particle pen {פֶּן | pən} ‘lest’ introduces the threat, followed by the Qal imperfect nisrof {נִשְׂרֹף | nis-rôp} ‘we burn,’ emphasizing volition.
In context — Judges 14:15
And it came to pass on the seventh day that they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, and let him tell us the riddle , lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Is it not that you have called us here to impoverish us?”
About this coordinate
Judges 14:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 14:15, so the Hebrew word פֶּן־נִשְׂרֹ֥ף (pennisrof) 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.14.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.15.W10.S1) and character.