Judges 16:17:13Judg.16.17.W13TAB
אִם־גֻּלַּ֙חְתִּי֙
imgullakhti
“if I am shaved”
- Transliteration
- im-gul-LAKH-ti
- Extended
- ihm-guhl-LAHKH-tih
- IPA
- /ʔim.gulˈlaħ.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if I am shaved
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-gul-LAKH-ti
- clause
im-gul-LAKH-ti ve-SAR mi-ME-ni kho-KHI ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-khol-ha-a-DAM
- 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 conditional particle ʾim {אִם־ | ʾim} introduces the consequence clause, followed by the Pual perfect ʾim-gullachṯî {אִם־גֻּלַּ֙חְתִּי֙ | ʾim-gullachṯî} “if I am shaved” and a series of consecutive perfect verbs (wə-sār, wə-ḥāliṯî, wə-hāyiṯî) that build a logical progression of loss, weakness, and sameness.
Root and etymology
l-ḥlamed–chet
“fresh, moist, not dried”
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 16:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 16:17, so the Hebrew word אִם־גֻּלַּ֙חְתִּי֙ (imgullakhti) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.17.W13.S1) and character.