Judges 14:4:11Judg.14.4.W11TAB

וּבָעֵ֣ת

uvaet

and at {the} time

Transliteration
u-va-ET
Extended
oo-vaa-EET
IPA
/uːvaˈʕeːt/

Meaning by language

English
and at {the} time

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Result
וּ + בָ + עֵ֣ת
u + va + et
uvaet

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-va-ET

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-va-ET ha-HI

  3. clause

    u-va-ET ha-HI pe-lish-TIM mo-she-LIM be-yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    ve-a-VIV ve-i-MO LO ya-de-U KI me-ye-ho-VAH HI ki-TO-a-na HU-me-vak-KESH mip-pe-lish-TIM u-va-ET ha-HI pe-lish-TIM mo-she-LIM be-yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The temporal clause ū-vā-‘ēt hā-hî {וּבָעֵת הַהִיא | ū-bā-‘ēt hā-hî} ‘and at that time’ situates the event historically.

In contextJudges 14:4

But his father and his mother did not know that it was from the LORD , for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines; and at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.

About this coordinate

Judges 14:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 14:4, so the Hebrew word וּבָעֵ֣ת (uvaet) 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.14.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.4.W11.S1) and character.