Judges 15:1:13Judg.15.1.W13TAB
הֶחָ֑דְרָה
hekhadreha
“into the inner room”
- Transliteration
- he-KHAD-re-HA
- Extended
- heh-KHAAD-reh-HAA
- IPA
- /hɛˈħaːd.raː/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the inner room
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
he-KHAD-re-HA
- clause
va-ye-HI mi-ya-MIM bi-ME ke-TSIR-khi-TIM va-yif-KOD shim-SHON et-ish-TO big-DI i-ZIM va-yo-MER a-VO-A el-ish-TI he-KHAD-re-HA
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-ya-MIM bi-ME ke-TSIR-khi-TIM va-yif-KOD shim-SHON et-ish-TO big-DI i-ZIM va-yo-MER a-VO-A el-ish-TI he-KHAD-re-HA ve-LO-na-ta-NO a-vi-HA la-VO
Exegesis
The direction el-ishti hechadra {אֶל־אִשְׁתִּי הֶחָדְרָה | ʾel-ʾištî heḥādrā} ‘to my wife’s chamber’ frames intent.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–dalet–resh
“inner room”
In context — Judges 15:1
After several days, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson came to see his wife , bringing a young goat. He said, “I will go into my wife’s inner chamber ,” but her father would not let him enter.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 15:1, so the Hebrew word הֶחָ֑דְרָה (hekhadreha) 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.15.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.1.W13.S1) and character.