Judges 16:26:14Judg.16.26.W14TAB
עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם
alehem
“upon them”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʕăleːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-le-HEM
- 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.
Finally, the vav-consecutive imperfect veeshaen aleihem {וְאֶשָּׁעֵ֖ן עֲלֵיהֶֽם | wə-ʾeš-šā-ʿēn ʿă-lê-hēm} ‘and I may lean upon them’ expresses the purpose and result of his request.
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 16:26:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 16:26, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם (alehem) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.26.W14.S1) and character.