Judges 15:9:6Judg.15.9.W6TAB
בַּלֶּֽחִי׃
balekhi
“at Lehi”
- Transliteration
- ba-LE-khi
- Extended
- bah-LEH-khee
- IPA
- /balˈlɛħiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at Lehi
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
ba-LE-khi
- clause
va-yin-NAT-shu ba-LE-khi
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU pe-li-SHIT-tim va-ya-kha-NU bi-ye-hu-DA va-yin-NAT-shu ba-LE-khi
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases biyhudah {בִּיהוּדָ֑ה | bĭyhûḏāh} ‘in Judah’ and balechi {בַּלֶּֽחִי | ba-leḥî} ‘at Lehi’ directly follow their respective verbs, reflecting the Hebrew verb–location pattern. The chaining effect of the vav-consecutive preserves narrative momentum, and the triadic structure emphasizes the systematic phases of the Philistine incursion.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-yl ḥ y
“jaw, jawbone”
In context — Judges 15:9
The Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and spread themselves out at Lehi .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 15:9, so the Hebrew word בַּלֶּֽחִי׃ (balekhi) 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.15.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.9.W6.S1) and character.