Judges 14:18:9Judg.14.18.W9TAB
הַחַ֔רְסָה
hakharsa
“the sun toward setting”
- Transliteration
- ha-khar-SA
- Extended
- hah-khar-SAA
- IPA
- /haħarˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sun toward setting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-khar-SA
- phraseyour reading level
ya-VO ha-khar-SA
- clause
va-yo-me-RU LO an-she ha-IR ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I be-TE-rem ya-VO ha-khar-SA ma-ma-TOK mid-da-VASH u-ME AZ me-a-RI
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU LO an-she ha-IR ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I be-TE-rem ya-VO ha-khar-SA ma-ma-TOK mid-da-VASH u-ME AZ me-a-RI va-yo-MER la-HEM lu-le kha-ra-she-TEM be-eg-la-TI LO me-tsa-TEM khi-da-TI
Exegesis
The temporal phrase ba-yom ha-shvi-i be-terem ya-vo ha-char-sa {בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי֘ בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ יָבֹ֣א הַחַ֔רְסָה | ba-yom ha-shvi-i be-terem ya-vo ha-char-sa} ‘temporal frame’ sets the speeches before sunset on the seventh day.
In context — Judges 14:18
Then the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before sunset, “What is sweeter than honey and what is stronger than a lion?” Samson answered them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer , you would not have found my riddle .”
About this coordinate
Judges 14:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 14:18, so the Hebrew word הַחַ֔רְסָה (hakharsa) 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.14.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.18.W9.S1) and character.