Judges 16:26:10Judg.16.26.W10TAB
אֶת־הָֽעַמֻּדִ֔ים
ethaamudim
“the pillars”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-a-mu-DIM
- Extended
- eht-haa-ah-moo-DEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haːʕam.muˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the pillars
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-a-mu-DIM
- clause
va-yo-MER shim-sHON el-ha-NA-ar ha-ma-kha-ZIK be-ya-DO ha-ni-KHA o-TI ve-him-she-NI va-ha-mi-SHE-ni et-ha-a-mu-DIM a-SHER ha-BA-yit na-KHON a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-yo-MER shim-sHON el-ha-NA-ar ha-ma-kha-ZIK be-ya-DO ha-ni-KHA o-TI ve-him-she-NI va-ha-mi-SHE-ni et-ha-a-mu-DIM a-SHER ha-BA-yit na-KHON a-le-HEM ve-esh-a-EN a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The direct object eth-haamudim {אֶת־הָֽעַמֻּדִ֔ים | ʾet-hā-ʿammû-dîm} ‘the pillars’ is specified by asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer}, introducing habayit nachon aleihem {הַבַּ֖יִת נָכ֣וֹן עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם | hab-bā-yit nā-ḵôn ʿă-lê-hēm} ‘on which the house stands’, emphasizing support.
In context — Judges 16:26
And Samson said to the youth who was holding him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars on which the house stands, that I may lean on them.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:26:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 16:26, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָֽעַמֻּדִ֔ים (ethaamudim) 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.16.26.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.26.W10.S1) and character.