Judges 16:21:9Judg.16.21.W9TAB

בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם

banekhushtayim

“with bronze {shackles} or with bronzes”

Transliteration: ba-ne-khu-shta-YIM
Extended: bah-neh-khuh-shtah-YEEM
IPA: /ban.ħuʃ.taˈjim/

Meaning by language

English: with bronze {shackles} or with bronzes

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

בַּֽ + נְ + חֻ + שְׁתַּ֔ + יִם

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ba + ne + khu + shta + yim

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banekhushtayim

Alphabet Analysis

	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Nun	n as in new
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Chet	ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
	Qibbuts	short 'oo' as in food
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Tav	t as in top
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
ba-ne-khu-shta-YIM
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

Exegesis

The dual form banhushhtayim {בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם | banḥušṯayim} ‘with bronze shackles’ emphasizes the pair of fetters.

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 16:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 16:21, so the Hebrew word בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם (banekhushtayim) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.21.W9.S1) and character.

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