Judges 15:19:4Judg.15.19.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר־בַּלֶּ֗חִי
asherballekhi
“which {is} in Lehi”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-bal-le-KHI
- Extended
- ah-sher-bahl-leh-KHEE
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.ballɛˈħiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which {is} in Lehi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-bal-le-KHI
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-mak-TESH a-sher-bal-le-KHI
- clause
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
- 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
א־שׁ
“fire”
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 15:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 15:19, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־בַּלֶּ֗חִי (asherballekhi) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.19.W4.S1) and character.