Judges 16:21:4Judg.16.21.W4TAB
אֶת־עֵינָ֑יו
eteinaiv
“the eyes of him”
- Transliteration
- et-EI-naiv
- Extended
- eht-EE-nahiv
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʕeːˈnaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- the eyes of him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
et-EI-naiv
- clause
va-yo-a-kha-ZU-hu pe-lish-TIM va-ye-nak-KE-ru et-EI-naiv
- sentence
va-yo-a-kha-ZU-hu pe-lish-TIM va-ye-nak-KE-ru et-EI-naiv va-yo-RI-du o-TO a-za-TA va-ya-as-RU-hu ba-ne-khu-shta-YIM va-ye-HI to-KHEN be-VEIT ha-a-si-RIM ha-a-su-RIM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks the definite object et-einav {אֶת־עֵינָ֑יו | ʾeṯ-ʿênāyw} ‘his eyes’.
Root and etymology
ע־י־ן
“eye”
In context — Judges 16:21
And the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze shackles. He became a grinder in the house of the prisoners.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 16:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עֵינָ֑יו (eteinaiv) 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.16.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.21.W4.S1) and character.