Judges 15:19:18Judg.15.19.W18TAB
בַּלֶּ֔חִי
ballekhi
“in Lehi”
- Transliteration
- bal-le-KHI
- Extended
- bahl-leh-KHEE
- IPA
- /ballɛˈħiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Lehi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
bal-le-KHI
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER bal-le-KHI
- clause
al-KEN ka-RA she-MA EN ha-ko-RE a-SHER bal-le-KHI AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-yiv-KA e-lo-HIM et-ha-mak-TESH a-sher-bal-le-KHI va-yets-U mim-me-NU MA-yim va-YESH-te va-ta-SHAV ru-KHO va-ye-KHI al-KEN ka-RA she-MA EN ha-ko-RE a-SHER bal-le-KHI AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The accusative marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet-} introduces hammaktesh {הַמַּכְתֵּשׁ | hammakṯēš} ‘hollow place,’ located by bal-lechi {בַּלֶּ֗חִי | bal-leḥî}.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-yl ḥ y
“jaw, jawbone”
In context — Judges 15:19
And God split open the hollow place at Lehi, and water issued from it. He drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he named it Spring of the Caller, which remains in Lehi to this day.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:19:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 15:19, so the Hebrew word בַּלֶּ֔חִי (ballekhi) 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.15.19.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.19.W18.S1) and character.