Judges 15:16:4Judg.15.16.W4TAB
הַחֲמ֔וֹר
hakhamor
“the donkey”
- Transliteration
- ha-kha-MOR
- Extended
- hah-khah-MOHR
- IPA
- /haħaˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the donkey
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ha-kha-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
bil-KHI ha-kha-MOR
- clause
va-YO-mer shim-SHON bil-KHI ha-kha-MOR kha-MOR kha-mo-ra-TAI-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer shim-SHON bil-KHI ha-kha-MOR kha-MOR kha-mo-ra-TAI-yim bil-KHI ha-kha-MOR hi-KEI-ti E-lef ISH
Exegesis
The sequence hachamor hamor hamoratayim {הַחֲמ֔וֹר חֲמ֖וֹר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם | haḥămor ḥămôr ḥāmōrāṯāyim} ‘the donkey donkey heaps upon heaps’ exploits repetition and the dual form to create poetic wordplay and intensify imagery.
Root and etymology
chet–mem–reshchet–mem–resh
“donkey”
In context — Judges 15:16
Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey—heaps upon heaps ; with the jawbone of a donkey I struck down a thousand men.”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 15:16, so the Hebrew word הַחֲמ֔וֹר (hakhamor) 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.15.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.16.W4.S1) and character.