Judges 16:13:2Judg.16.13.W2TAB
דְּלִילָ֜ה
delila
“Delilah”
- Transliteration
- de-li-LA
- Extended
- deh-li-LAA
- IPA
- /dəliˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Delilah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
de-li-LA
- phraseyour reading level
va-TO-mer de-li-LA
- clause
va-TO-mer de-li-LA el-shim-sHON ad-HE-na he-TAL-ta BI va-te-da-BER e-LAI ke-za-VIM ha-gi-DA LI ba-ME te-a-SER
- sentence
va-TO-mer de-li-LA el-shim-sHON ad-HE-na he-TAL-ta BI va-te-da-BER e-LAI ke-za-VIM ha-gi-DA LI ba-ME te-a-SER va-YO-mer e-LE-ha im-ta-ar-GI et-SHE-va ma-khel-FOT ro-SHI im-ha-ma-sa-KHET
In context — Judges 16:13
And Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me how you may be bound.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the loom fabric, I will be bound.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 16:13, so the Hebrew word דְּלִילָ֜ה (delila) 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.16.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.13.W2.S1) and character.