Judges 14:17:13Judg.14.17.W13TAB
הֱצִיקַ֔תְהוּ
hetsikathehu
“she pressed him hard”
- Transliteration
- he-tsi-KAT-he-hu
- Extended
- eh-tsih-KAHT-eh-hoo
- IPA
- /hɛ̆tsiːˈqat.hə.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she pressed him hard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-tsi-KAT-he-hu
- phraseyour reading level
KI he-tsi-KAT-he-hu
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yag-GED-la KI he-tsi-KAT-he-hu va-tag-GED ha-khi-DA liv-NE a-MA
- sentence
va-TEV-k a-LAV shiv-AT ha-ya-MIM a-SHER-ha-YA la-HEM ha-mish-TE va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yag-GED-la KI he-tsi-KAT-he-hu va-tag-GED ha-khi-DA liv-NE a-MA
Exegesis
The causative hetsikathu {הֱצִיקַ֔תְהוּ | hĕ-ṣî-qat-tə-hû} ‘she distressed him’ conveys her agency, while vayagged-lah {וַיַּגֶּד־לָהּ | way-yag-gēd-lāh} ‘and he told her’ and vatagged {וַתַּגֵּ֥ד | wat-tag-gēḏ} ‘and she told’ advance the action, with livnei ammah {לִבְנֵי עַמָּהּ | li-vnē ʿam-māh} ‘to the sons of her people’ specifying the recipients. English maintains Hebrew clause order and temporal markers to reflect causation and emphasis.
In context — Judges 14:17
And she wept upon him for the seven days of the feast, and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him , and she told the riddle to the sons of her people.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 14:17, so the Hebrew word הֱצִיקַ֔תְהוּ (hetsikathehu) 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.14.17.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.17.W13.S1) and character.