Judges 16:10:14Judg.16.10.W14TAB
תֵּאָסֵֽר׃
teaser
“you might be bound”
- Transliteration
- te-a-SER
- Extended
- tee-ah-SEHR
- IPA
- /teːʔaˈseːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- you might be bound
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-a-SER
- clause
a-TA ha-gi-DA-na LI ba-ME te-a-SER
- sentence
va-to-MER de-li-LA el-shim-sHON hi-NE he-TAL-ta BI va-te-da-BER e-LAI ke-za-VIM a-TA ha-gi-DA-na LI ba-ME te-a-SER
Exegesis
The hiphil imperative with particle na, haggidah-na {הַגִּידָה־נָּא | ha·gi·ḏāh·nā} ‘please tell,’ frames the request as urgent rather than demanding, while the nifal imperfect te’aser {תֵּאָסֵר | tē·ʾā·sēr} ‘you may be bound’ positions the final clause as a passive possibility. Each clause builds tension—from confrontation to entreaty to suspense—highlighting Delilah’s strategic interrogation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-s-raleph–samekh–resh
“to bind, tie”
In context — Judges 16:10
And Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me and spoken lies to me; now please tell me —by what can you be bound?”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 16:10, so the Hebrew word תֵּאָסֵֽר׃ (teaser) 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.16.10.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.10.W14.S1) and character.