Judges 16:26:15Judg.16.26.W15TAB
וְאֶשָּׁעֵ֖ן
veeshaen
“and I will lean”
- Transliteration
- ve-esh-a-EN
- Extended
- veh-ehsh-shaa-EEN
- IPA
- /vəʔɛʃʃaːˈʕeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will lean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-esh-a-EN
- clause
ve-esh-a-EN 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
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 16:26:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Judges 16:26, so the Hebrew word וְאֶשָּׁעֵ֖ן (veeshaen) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.26.W15.S1) and character.