Judges 14:20:4Judg.14.20.W4TAB
לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ
lemereehu
“to his companion”
- Transliteration
- le-me-re-E-hu
- Extended
- leh-mee-reh-EE-hoo
- IPA
- /ləmeːrɛˈʕeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his companion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
le-me-re-E-hu
- clause
le-me-re-E-hu a-SHER re-A LO
- sentence
va-te-HI E-shet shim-SHON le-me-re-E-hu a-SHER re-A LO
Exegesis
The construct eshet shimshon {אֵשֶׁת שִׁמְשׁוֹן | ʾêš-et šîm-šôn} ‘wife of Samson’ establishes possession, and the prepositional phrase le-mere-e-hu {לְמֵרֵעֵהוּ | lə-mē-rê-eh-û} ‘to his companion’ indicates the transfer of marital rights.
Root and etymology
Rootr-‘-h
“associate”
In context — Judges 14:20
And Samson’s wife was given to his companion , who had befriended him.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 14:20, so the Hebrew word לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ (lemereehu) 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.14.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.20.W4.S1) and character.