Judges 16:20:11Judg.16.20.W11TAB
וְאִנָּעֵ֔ר
veinnaer
“and shake myself”
- Transliteration
- ve-in-na-ER
- Extended
- veh-ihn-nah-EER
- IPA
- /vəʔin.naːˈʕeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and shake myself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-in-na-ER
- clause
va-yi-KATS mish-she-na-TO va-yo-MER e-TSE ke-FA-am be-FA-am ve-in-na-ER ve-HU LO ya-DA KI Ye-ho-VAH SAR me-a-LAV
- sentence
va-to-MER pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON va-yi-KATS mish-she-na-TO va-yo-MER e-TSE ke-FA-am be-FA-am ve-in-na-ER ve-HU LO ya-DA KI Ye-ho-VAH SAR me-a-LAV
Exegesis
The idiomatic pair kəpa‘am bəpa‘am {כְּפַעַם בְּפַעַם | kə·pa·‘am bə·pa·‘am} ‘time after time’ indicates repeated effort in the Nifal form wə’inna‘ēr {וְאִנָּעֵ֔ר | wə·’in·nā·‘ēr} ‘and I will shake myself free.’
Root and etymology
n-‘-rnun–ayin–resh
“youth, attendant”
In context — Judges 16:20
And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep , and he said, “I will go out time after time and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 16:20, so the Hebrew word וְאִנָּעֵ֔ר (veinnaer) 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.16.20.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.20.W11.S1) and character.