Judges 14:16:4Judg.14.16.W4TAB
עָלָ֗יו
alav
“over him”
- Transliteration
- a-LAV
- Extended
- aa-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- over him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-LAV
- clause
va-TEV-kh E-shet shim-SHON a-LAV va-TO-mer rak-se-NE-ta-ni ve-LO a-hav-TA-ni ha-khi-DA KHAD-ta liv-NE a-MI ve-LI LO hi-GAD-ta
- sentence
va-TEV-kh E-shet shim-SHON a-LAV va-TO-mer rak-se-NE-ta-ni ve-LO a-hav-TA-ni ha-khi-DA KHAD-ta liv-NE a-MI ve-LI LO hi-GAD-ta va-YO-mer LAH hi-NE le-a-VI u-le-i-MI LO hi-GAD-ti ve-LAKH a-GID
In context — Judges 14:16
Then the wife of Samson wept before him and said, "Surely you hate me and do not love me. You have posed the riddle to the sons of my people, but you have not told me." He replied, "Look, I have not even told it to my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?"
About this coordinate
Judges 14:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 14:16, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֗יו (alav) 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.14.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.16.W4.S1) and character.