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
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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Word in context
- word
ha-E-reg
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-ye-TAD ha-E-reg
- clause
va-yi-KATS mish-she-na-TO va-yis-SA et-ha-ye-TAD ha-E-reg ve-et-ha-mas-SA-khet
- 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 context — Judges 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.