Judges 15:11:5Judg.15.11.W5TAB
מִֽיהוּדָ֗ה
miyehuda
“from Judah”
- Transliteration
- mi-ye-hu-DA
- Extended
- mih-yeh-hoo-DAA
- IPA
- /mijəhuːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Judah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mi-ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-yer-DU she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH mi-ye-hu-DA el-se-IF SE-la e-TAM va-yom-RU le-shim-SHON ha-LO ya-DAT-ta ki-mo-she-LIM BA-nu pe-lish-TIM u-ma-ZOT a-SI-ta LA-nu
- sentence
va-yer-DU she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH mi-ye-hu-DA el-se-IF SE-la e-TAM va-yom-RU le-shim-SHON ha-LO ya-DAT-ta ki-mo-she-LIM BA-nu pe-lish-TIM u-ma-ZOT a-SI-ta LA-nu va-YO-mer la-HEM ka-a-SHER a-SU LI KEN a-SI-ti la-HEM
Exegesis
The locative expression miyehudah {מִיהוּדָה | mi-yhūdāh} “from Judah” and the prepositional clause el seif sela eitam {אֶל־סְעִיף סֶלַע עֵיטָם | ʾel-səˈʿîp̄ səlāʿ ʿêyṭām} precisely situate their descent.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–heh–dalet
“praised”
In context — Judges 15:11
Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cleft of the rock at Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are ruling over us? What is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 15:11, so the Hebrew word מִֽיהוּדָ֗ה (miyehuda) 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.15.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.11.W5.S1) and character.