Judges 15:13:17Judg.15.13.W17TAB
מִן־הַסָּֽלַע׃
minhasala
“from the rock”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-SA-la
- Extended
- mihn-hah-saa-LA
- IPA
- /min.haʔːaːˈlaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the rock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ha-SA-la
- clause
va-ya-as-RU-hu bish-na-YIM a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM va-ya-a-LU-hu min-ha-SA-la
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU LO le-MOR LO KI-a-SOR ne-e-SAR-kha u-ne-ta-NU-kha ve-ya-DAM ve-ha-MET LO ne-mi-TE-kha va-ya-as-RU-hu bish-na-YIM a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM va-ya-a-LU-hu min-ha-SA-la
Exegesis
The account then returns to narrative with vayaasruhu {וַיַּאַסְרֻהוּ | wayyaʾăsərûhū} ‘and they bound him’, where bishnayim {בִּשְׁנַיִם | bišnayyaim} ‘with two’ specifies the dual instrument avotim chadashim {עֲבֹתִים חֲדָשִׁים | ʿăbōṯîm ḥădāšîm} ‘new ropes’, and the verb vayaaluhu {וַיַּעֲל֖וּהוּ | wayyaʿălûhū} ‘and they brought him up’ is completed by the source phrase minhassela {מִן־הַסָּלַע | min-hassālāʿ} ‘from the rock’. This structure highlights both the promise of nonlethality and the vivid depiction of Samson’s removal.
Root and etymology
s-l-ʿ
“rock”
In context — Judges 15:13
They said to him, “No; we will bind you securely and deliver you into their hand, but we will not kill you.” So they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:13:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Judges 15:13, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַסָּֽלַע׃ (minhasala) 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.15.13.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.13.W17.S1) and character.