Judges 15:1:4Judg.15.1.W4TAB
קְצִיר־חִטִּ֗ים
ketsirkhitim
“harvest of wheat”
- Transliteration
- ke-TSIR-khi-TIM
- Extended
- keh-TSEER-khih-TEEM
- IPA
- /qəˈtsiːr.ħitˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- harvest of wheat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-TSIR-khi-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
bi-ME ke-TSIR-khi-TIM
- 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 temporal frame combines miyyāyim {מִיָּמִ֜ים | miyyāyim} ‘after some days’ with bimei ketzir-chitim {בִּימֵי קְצִיר־חִטִּים | bimê qeṣîr-ḥiṭṭîm} ‘in the days of the wheat harvest,’ situating action in the agrarian cycle.
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 15:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 15:1, so the Hebrew word קְצִיר־חִטִּ֗ים (ketsirkhitim) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.1.W4.S1) and character.