Judges 16:21:7Judg.16.21.W7TAB
עַזָּ֗תָה
azata
“to Gaza-ward or to Gaza”
- Transliteration
- a-za-TA
- Extended
- ah-zah-TAA
- IPA
- /ʕaz.zaːˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Gaza-ward or to Gaza
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-za-TA
- clause
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
- 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
Root and etymology
Rootʿayin–zayin–zayin
“strong, mighty”
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 16:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 16:21, so the Hebrew word עַזָּ֗תָה (azata) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.21.W7.S1) and character.