Judges 14:15:9Judg.14.15.W9TAB
אֶת־הַ֣חִידָ֔ה
ethakhida
“the riddle”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-khi-DA
- Extended
- eht-hah-khih-DAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haħiːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the riddle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-khi-DA
- 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
Root and etymology
ḥ-d-hḥ-d-h
“to puzzle”
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 14:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 14:15, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַ֣חִידָ֔ה (ethakhida) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.15.W9.S1) and character.