Judges 16:19:7Judg.16.19.W7TAB
מַחְלְפ֣וֹת
makhlefot
“locks of hair”
- Transliteration
- makh-le-FOT
- Extended
- mahkh-leh-FOHT
- IPA
- /maħ.ləˈfoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- locks of hair
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
makh-le-FOT
- phraseyour reading level
makh-le-FOT ro-SHO
- 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 construct chain et-sheva-machlefot-rosho {אֶת־שֶׁ֖בַע מַחְלְפ֣וֹת רֹאשׁ֑וֹ | ʾet-šě-wā maḥ-lə-p̄ōṯ rō-šō} binds numeral, noun, and possessive suffix, focusing on the head as the sign of his vow.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-pchet–lamed–pe
“to braid, plait”
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 16:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 16:19, so the Hebrew word מַחְלְפ֣וֹת (makhlefot) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.19.W7.S1) and character.