Judges 15:16:6Judg.15.16.W6TAB
חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם
khamorataiyim
“two heaps”
- Transliteration
- kha-mo-ra-TAI-yim
- Extended
- khah-moh-rah-TAI-yihm
- IPA
- /ħa.moː.raːˈtaː.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- two heaps
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-mo-ra-TAI-yim
- 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.
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 15:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 15:16, so the Hebrew word חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם (khamorataiyim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.16.W6.S1) and character.