Judges 16:14:6Judg.16.14.W6TAB
עָלֶ֖יךָ
alekha
“upon you”
- Transliteration
- a-LE-kha
- Extended
- aa-LEH-khaa
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlɛjχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
a-LE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha
- 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
Exegesis
The abrupt address ʿāleykha Šimšōn {עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן | ʿāleykha Šimšōn} captures the sudden urgency of the warning.
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 16:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 16:14, so the Hebrew word עָלֶ֖יךָ (alekha) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.14.W6.S1) and character.