Judges 16:14:4Judg.16.14.W4TAB
אֵלָ֔יו
elav
“to him”
- Transliteration
- e-LAV
- Extended
- ee-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- to him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
e-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-TO-mer e-LAV
- clause
va-tit-KA ba-ya-TED va-TO-mer e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON
- 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
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 16:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 16:14, so the Hebrew word אֵלָ֔יו (elav) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.14.W4.S1) and character.