Judges 16:10:9Judg.16.10.W9TAB
כְּזָבִ֑ים
kezavim
“lies”
- Transliteration
- ke-za-VIM
- Extended
- keh-zaa-VEEM
- IPA
- /kəzaˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- lies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-za-VIM
- clause
va-to-MER de-li-LA el-shim-sHON hi-NE he-TAL-ta BI va-te-da-BER e-LAI ke-za-VIM
- 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 piel perfect hetalta {הֵתַלְתָּ | hē·tal·tā} ‘you have mocked’ conveys an intensive, completed action, reinforced by the subsequent vav-consecutive piel imperfect vatedabber {וַתְּדַבֵּר | wa·tə·dab·bēr} ‘and you spoke’ in conjunction with the noun kezavim {כְּזָבִים | kǝ·zā·wîm} ‘lies’ to underscore deceit.
Root and etymology
k-z-bkaf–zayin–bet
“to lie, deceive”
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 16:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 16:10, so the Hebrew word כְּזָבִ֑ים (kezavim) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.10.W9.S1) and character.