Judges 16:19:5Judg.16.19.W5TAB
וַתְּגַלַּ֕ח
vategallakh
“and she shaved off”
- Transliteration
- va-te-gal-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-teh-gahl-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vat.təɣalˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she shaved off
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-te-gal-LAKH
- clause
va-te-yash-SHE-ne-HU al-BIR-ke-HA va-tik-RA la-ISH va-te-gal-LAKH et-SHE-va makh-le-FOT ro-SHO
- sentence
va-te-yash-SHE-ne-HU al-BIR-ke-HA va-tik-RA la-ISH va-te-gal-LAKH et-SHE-va makh-le-FOT ro-SHO va-ta-KHEL le-a-NO-to va-ya-SAR ko-KHO me-a-LAIV
Exegesis
The verse unfolds through a sequence of five vav-consecutive verbs driving the narrative momentum: vateyashshenehu {וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵ֙הוּ֙ | vaṯ-tə-yaš-šə-nē-hû} ‘and she made him sleep’, vatikra {וַתִּקְרָ֣א | vaṯ-ti-krā} ‘and she called’, vategallach {וַתְּגַלַּ֕ח | vaṯ-te-gallāḥ} ‘and she shaved’, vatachel {וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ | vaṯ-ṯā-ḥél} ‘and she began’, and vayasar {וַיָּ֥סַר | vā-ya-sār} ‘and he departed’. The Piel stem in vateyashshenehu and vategallach imparts deliberate intensity.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–lamed–ḥet
“to shave”
In context — Judges 16:19
And she made him sleep on her knees; then she called for a man and shaved off the seven locks of his head . She then began to afflict him , and his strength departed from him.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 16:19, so the Hebrew word וַתְּגַלַּ֕ח (vategallakh) 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.16.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.19.W5.S1) and character.