Judges 16:11:11Judg.16.11.W11TAB
וְחָלִ֥יתִי
vekhaliti
“then I will be weak”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-LI-ti
- Extended
- veh-khaa-LEE-tee
- IPA
- /vəħaːˈliː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- then I will be weak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-kha-LI-ti
- phraseyour reading level
ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti
- clause
ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-a-KHAD ha-a-DAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha im-a-SOR ya-as-RU-ni ba-a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM a-SHER lo-na-a-SA va-HEM me-la-KHA ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-a-KHAD ha-a-DAM
Exegesis
The sequential verbs vechality {וְחָלִ֥יתִי | wə-ḥā-lî-tî} ‘then I will become weak’ and vehayiti {וְהָיִ֖יתִי | wə-hā-yî-tî} ‘and I will be’ signal the result clause, culminating in the simile keechad {כְּאַחַ֥ד | kə-’a-ḥad} ‘like one’ + haadam {הָאָדָֽם | hā-ʾā-dam} ‘the man’. The formal translation preserves Hebrew structure and technical terms, while the dynamic rendering employs colloquial verbs and idioms for natural speech.
In context — Judges 16:11
And he said to her, “If they bind me with new cords that have never borne labor , then I will become weak and be like any other man.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 16:11, so the Hebrew word וְחָלִ֥יתִי (vekhaliti) 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.16.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.11.W11.S1) and character.