Judges 16:15:12Judg.16.15.W12TAB
הֵתַ֣לְתָּ
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
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
ZE sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM he-TAL-ta BI ve-LO-hi-GAD-ta LI bam-ME KO-kha-kha ga-DOL
- sentence
va-to-MER e-LAV EKH to-MAR a-hav-TIKH ve-lib-BE-kha EN it-TI ZE sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM he-TAL-ta BI ve-LO-hi-GAD-ta LI bam-ME KO-kha-kha ga-DOL
Exegesis
The sequence hetalta {הֵתַלְתָּ | he-tāl-tā} ‘you have deceived’ and velo-higadta {וְלֹא־הִגַּדְתָּ | wə-lō-hig-găd-tā} ‘you have not told’ creates a chiastic emphasis on concealment.
Root and etymology
h-t-lheh–tav–lamed
“to mock, deceive”
In context — Judges 16:15
And she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have deceived me, and you have not told me by what your strength is so great.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 16:15, so the Hebrew word הֵתַ֣לְתָּ (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.16.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.15.W12.S1) and character.