Judges 15:8:3Judg.15.8.W3TAB
שׁ֛וֹק
shok
“leg”
- Transliteration
- SHOK
- Extended
- SHOHK
- IPA
- /ˈʃoːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- leg
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
SHOK
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAKH o-TAM SHOK
- clause
va-YAKH o-TAM SHOK al-ya-REKH ma-KA ge-do-LA
- sentence
va-YAKH o-TAM SHOK al-ya-REKH ma-KA ge-do-LA va-YE-red va-YE-shev bis-se-IF SE-la e-TAM
Exegesis
The idiomatic phrase shoq al-yarekh {שׁוֹק עַל־יָרֵךְ | šōq ʿal-yārēḵ} ‘thigh upon hip’ intensifies the completeness of the strike.
In context — Judges 15:8
He struck them down, thigh upon hip, with a great blow . Then he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 15:8, so the Hebrew word שׁ֛וֹק (shok) 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.15.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.8.W3.S1) and character.