Judges 16:17:6Judg.16.17.W6TAB
לֹֽא־עָלָ֣ה
loala
“has not come up”
- Transliteration
- lo-a-LA
- Extended
- loh-ah-LAA
- IPA
- /loː.ʕaˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- has not come up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lo-a-LA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-a-LA al-ro-SHI
- 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 repetition of lāh {לָהּ֙ | lāh} “to her” underscores confidential disclosure.
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 16:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 16:17, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־עָלָ֣ה (loala) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.17.W6.S1) and character.