Judges 16:13:5Judg.16.13.W5TAB

הֵתַ֤לְתָּ

hetalta

“you have mocked”

Transliteration: he-TAL-ta
Extended: hee-TAL-tah
IPA: /heːˈθal.taː/

Meaning by language

English: you have mocked

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

הֵ + תַ֤לְ + תָּ

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he + tal + ta

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hetalta

Alphabet Analysis

	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Tav	t as in top
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Lamed	l as in law
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Tav	t as in top
	Qamets	long 'ah'

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Word in context

word
he-TAL-ta
phraseyour reading level
he-TAL-ta BI
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

Root and etymology

h-t-lheh–tav–lamed

“to mock, make sport of”

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 16:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 16:13, so the Hebrew word הֵתַ֤לְתָּ (hetalta) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.13.W5.S1) and character.

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