Judges 15:2:14Judg.15.2.W14TAB
תְּהִי־נָ֥א
tehina
“let her be, please”
- Transliteration
- te-HI-na
- Extended
- teh-HEE-naa
- IPA
- /təˈhiː.nɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let her be, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-HI-na
- phraseyour reading level
te-HI-na le-KHA
- clause
ha-LO a-KHO-ta ha-ke-ta-NA to-VA mim-me-NA te-HI-na le-KHA ta-khe-TE-ha
- sentence
va-yo-MER a-VI-ha a-MOR a-MAR-te KI-sa-NO se-ne-TA va-et-te-NE-na le-me-RE-kha ha-LO a-KHO-ta ha-ke-ta-NA to-VA mim-me-NA te-HI-na le-KHA ta-khe-TE-ha
Exegesis
The jussive təhî-nāʾ {תְּהִי-נָ֥א | təhî-nāʾ} plus suffix forms a polite entreaty, and taḥtəhā {תַּחְתֶּיהָ | taḥtəhā} “in place of her” closes with a substitution request. The structure moves from emphatic assertion to rhetorical comparison and ends in appeal.
In context — Judges 15:2
Her father said, “I truly said , ‘I was sure you hated her,’ so I gave her to your companion. Is her younger sister not preferable to her? Please let her be yours instead.”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 15:2, so the Hebrew word תְּהִי־נָ֥א (tehina) 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.15.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.2.W14.S1) and character.