Judges 16:12:12Judg.16.12.W12TAB
וְהָאֹרֵ֖ב
vehaorev
“and the one lying in ambush”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-o-REV
- Extended
- veh-haa-oh-REEV
- IPA
- /vəhaːʔoːˈreːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the one lying in ambush
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-o-REV
- clause
va-tik-KHAKH de-li-LA a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM va-ta-as-re-HU va-HEM va-TO-mer e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV be-KHA-der
- sentence
va-tik-KHAKH de-li-LA a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM va-ta-as-re-HU va-HEM va-TO-mer e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV be-KHA-der va-ye-nat-ke-EM me-AL ze-ro-o-TAV ka-KHUT
Exegesis
The participial construction wehaorev yoshev {וְהָאֹרֵב יֹשֵׁב | wə-hā-ʾō-rê-ḇ yō-šêv} ‘the ambush lay hidden’ uses yō-šêv to indicate an ongoing state, localized by bechader {בֶּחָדֶר | bə-ḥā-der} ‘in the room’.
Root and etymology
א־ר־בʼ-r-b
“to ambush, lie in wait”
In context — Judges 16:12
So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them. Then she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” Meanwhile, the ambush lay hidden in the room. But he tore them from his arms like a thread.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 16:12, so the Hebrew word וְהָאֹרֵ֖ב (vehaorev) 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.16.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.12.W12.S1) and character.