Judges 16:12:18Judg.16.12.W18TAB
כַּחֽוּט׃
kakhut
“like a thread”
- Transliteration
- ka-KHUT
- Extended
- kah-KHOOT
- IPA
- /kaˈħuːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a thread
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-KHUT
- clause
va-ye-nat-ke-EM me-AL ze-ro-o-TAV ka-KHUT
- 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 narrative concludes with wayenattekem {וַיְנַתְּקֵם | wa-yə-nat-tê-ḵem} ‘and he tore them off’, the prepositional phrase meal zerotav {מֵעַל זְרֹעֹתָיו | mê-ʿāl zə-rō-ʿō-ṯāw} ‘from his arms’, and the simile kahut {כַּחֽוּט | ka-ḥūṭ} ‘like a thread’. This structure tightly connects Delilah’s deception to Samson’s swift liberation.
Root and etymology
kh-w-ṭchet–vav–tet
“thread, string”
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 16:12:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 16:12, so the Hebrew word כַּחֽוּט׃ (kakhut) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.12.W18.S1) and character.