Judges 15:5:2Judg.15.5.W2TAB
בַּלַּפִּידִ֔ים
balapidim
“with the torches”
- Transliteration
- ba-la-pi-DIM
- Extended
- bah-lah-pih-DEEM
- IPA
- /bal.lap.piˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the torches
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ba-la-pi-DIM
- clause
va-ya-VER-ESH ba-la-pi-DIM va-ye-sha-LAKH be-ka-MOT pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-ya-VER-ESH ba-la-pi-DIM va-ye-sha-LAKH be-ka-MOT pe-lish-TIM va-ya-VER mi-ga-DISH ve-AD-ka-MA ve-AD-KE-rem ZA-yit
Exegesis
The first wayyāḇer {וַיַּבְעֵר | wayyāḇer} ‘and he set on fire’ takes ʾēš {אֵשׁ | ʾēš} ‘fire’ as its object, specified by ballappīdīm {בַּלַּפִּידִים | ballappīdīm} ‘in the torches’.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–pe–dalet
“torch; flame”
In context — Judges 15:5
He lit the torches, then sent them into the Philistines’ standing grain, and he burned both the shocks and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 15:5, so the Hebrew word בַּלַּפִּידִ֔ים (balapidim) 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.15.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.5.W2.S1) and character.