Judges 16:26:13Judg.16.26.W13TAB
נָכ֣וֹן
nakhon
“is set”
- Transliteration
- na-KHON
- Extended
- naa-KHOHN
- IPA
- /naːˈxoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- is set
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-KHON
- phraseyour reading level
na-KHON a-le-HEM
- 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.
Root and etymology
k-w-nkaf–vav–nun
“to be established, set firm”
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 16:26:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 16:26, so the Hebrew word נָכ֣וֹן (nakhon) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.26.W13.S1) and character.