Judges 14:6:5Judg.14.6.W5TAB
וַֽיְשַׁסְּעֵ֙הוּ֙
vayeshasseehu
“and he tore it apart”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-shas-se-E-HU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-shahs-seh-EH-HOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ʃas.səˈʕeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he tore it apart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
va-ye-shas-se-E-HU
- clause
va-tits-LAKH a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shas-se-E-HU ke-SHAS-sa hag-de-I u-me-U-ma EN be-ya-DO
- sentence
va-tits-LAKH a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shas-se-E-HU ke-SHAS-sa hag-de-I u-me-U-ma EN be-ya-DO ve-LO hi-GID le-a-VIV u-le-i-MO ET a-SHER a-SA
Exegesis
The piel verb vayeshassehu {וַֽיְשַׁסְּעֵ֙הוּ֙ | va-ye-shas-se-hu} conveys intensive tearing, and the infinitive construct ke-shassea {כְּשַׁסַּ֣ע | kə-šas-saʿ} introduces a simile with hagedi {הַגְּדִ֔י | ha-ge-dī}, “young goat.”
Root and etymology
š-s-ʿ
“to tear apart”
In context — Judges 14:6
And the Spirit of the LORD seized him, and he tore him apart as one might tear a young goat ; he had nothing in his hand, and he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 14:6, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְשַׁסְּעֵ֙הוּ֙ (vayeshasseehu) 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.14.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.6.W5.S1) and character.