Judges 16:14:12Judg.16.14.W12TAB

הָאֶ֖רֶג

haereg

the loom

Transliteration
ha-E-reg
Extended
haa-EH-rehg
IPA
/haːˈʔɛrɛɣ/

Meaning by language

English
the loom

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + אֶ֖ + רֶג
ha + e + reg
haereg

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Gimelg as in good

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-E-reg

  2. phraseyour reading level

    et-ha-ye-TAD ha-E-reg

  3. clause

    va-yi-KATS mish-she-na-TO va-yis-SA et-ha-ye-TAD ha-E-reg ve-et-ha-mas-SA-khet

  4. sentence

    va-tit-KA ba-ya-TED va-TO-mer e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON va-yi-KATS mish-she-na-TO va-yis-SA et-ha-ye-TAD ha-E-reg ve-et-ha-mas-SA-khet

Exegesis

The construct chain hāʾereg wəʾet hammāsāḵeṯ {הָאֶ֖רֶג וְאֶת־הַמַּסָּֽכֶת | hāʾereg wəʾet hammāsāḵeṯ} links the loom and fabric as a unified object, underscoring the completeness of the destruction.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–resh–gimel

weave; loom

In contextJudges 16:14

And she fastened it with the pin and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson.” And he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin of the loom and the fabric.

About this coordinate

Judges 16:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 16:14, so the Hebrew word הָאֶ֖רֶג (haereg) 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.16.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.14.W12.S1) and character.