Judges 16:17:11Judg.16.17.W11TAB
מִבֶּ֣טֶן
mibeten
“from the womb”
- Transliteration
- mi-BE-ten
- Extended
- mih-BEH-tehn
- IPA
- /mibˈbɛtɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the womb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-BE-ten
- phraseyour reading level
mi-BE-ten i-MI
- clause
va-yag-GED-la et-kol-lib-BO va-yo-MER LA mo-RA lo-a-LA al-ro-SHI ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM a-NI mi-BE-ten i-MI
- sentence
va-yag-GED-la et-kol-lib-BO va-yo-MER LA mo-RA lo-a-LA al-ro-SHI ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM a-NI mi-BE-ten i-MI im-gul-LAKH-ti ve-SAR mi-ME-ni kho-KHI ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-khol-ha-a-DAM
Exegesis
The construct chain mi-betên immî {מִבֶּ֣טֶן אִמִּ֑י | mi-betên ʾimmî} “from my mother’s womb” highlights lifelong dedication.
In context — Judges 16:17
And he told her all his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I am a Nazirite of God from my mother’s womb; if I am shaved, then my strength would leave me, and I would become weak and be like any other man.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 16:17, so the Hebrew word מִבֶּ֣טֶן (mibeten) 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.16.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.17.W11.S1) and character.