Judges 14:9:2Judg.14.9.W2TAB
אֶל־כַּפָּ֗יו
elkhapav
“into his palms”
- Transliteration
- el-kha-PAV
- Extended
- ehl-kah-PAAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.kʰapˈpaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- into his palms
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
el-kha-PAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-DE-hu el-kha-PAV
- clause
va-yir-DE-hu el-kha-PAV va-YE-lekh ha-LOKH ve-a-KHOL va-YE-lekh el-a-VIV ve-el-im-MO va-yit-TEN la-HEM va-yo-KHE-lu
- sentence
va-yir-DE-hu el-kha-PAV va-YE-lekh ha-LOKH ve-a-KHOL va-YE-lekh el-a-VIV ve-el-im-MO va-yit-TEN la-HEM va-yo-KHE-lu ve-LO-hi-GID la-HEM KI mig-ge-vi-YAT ha-ar-YE ra-DA ha-de-VASH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʾel-kappāv {אֶל־כַּפָּיו | ʾel-kappāv} ‘into his palms’ focuses on direct manual action.
In context — Judges 14:9
He scraped it into his palms and continued on his way, eating as he went. When he came to his father and his mother, he gave them some, and they ate; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey from the carcass of the lion.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 14:9, so the Hebrew word אֶל־כַּפָּ֗יו (elkhapav) 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.14.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.9.W2.S1) and character.