Judges 14:4:2Judg.14.4.W2TAB

וְאִמּ֜וֹ

veimo

and his mother

Transliteration
ve-i-MO
Extended
veh-ih-MOH
IPA
/wəʔimˈmoː/

Meaning by language

English
and his mother

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Result
וְ + אִ + מּ֜וֹ
ve + i + mo
veimo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-i-MO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-a-VIV ve-i-MO

  3. clause

    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

  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 verse begins with the conjunctive vav linking ve’aviv {וְאָבִיו | wə-ʾā-viv} ‘and his father’ and ve’immo {וְאִמּוֹ | wə-ʾim-mo} ‘and his mother’, forming a compound subject.

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 14:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 14:4, so the Hebrew word וְאִמּ֜וֹ (veimo) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.4.W2.S1) and character.