Judges 15:2:8Judg.15.2.W8TAB
לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ
lemerekha
“to your companion”
- Transliteration
- le-me-RE-kha
- Extended
- leh-mee-REH-khah
- IPA
- /ləmeːˈrɛː.ʕə.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your companion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-me-RE-kha
- clause
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
- 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 transition wā’attenēnāh {וָאֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה | wā’attenēnāh} marks the father’s action in giving her to lə-mērē’aḵā {לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ | lə-mērē’aḵā} “your companion.”
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-ʿresh–ayin–ayin
“companion”
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 15:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 15:2, so the Hebrew word לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ (lemerekha) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.2.W8.S1) and character.