Judges 16:28:7Judg.16.28.W7TAB
זָכְרֵ֣נִי
zakhreni
“remember me”
- Transliteration
- zakh-re-NI
- Extended
- zaa-kheh-REE-nee
- IPA
- /zɔːχreˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- remember me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
zakh-re-NI
- phraseyour reading level
zakh-re-NI NA ve-khaz-ke-NI NA
- clause
a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI zakh-re-NI NA ve-khaz-ke-NI NA AKH ha-PA-am ha-ZE ha-e-lo-HIM ve-in-na-ke-MA ne-KAM-a-KHAT mish-te e-NAI mi-pe-li-shi-TIM
- sentence
va-yik-RA shim-SHON el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI zakh-re-NI NA ve-khaz-ke-NI NA AKH ha-PA-am ha-ZE ha-e-lo-HIM ve-in-na-ke-MA ne-KAM-a-KHAT mish-te e-NAI mi-pe-li-shi-TIM
Exegesis
Imperatives zakhareni {זָכְרֵנִי | zāḵhērēnî} ‘remember me’ and ve-chazzeqeni {וְחַזְּקֵנִי | wəḥazzəqēnî} ‘strengthen me’ each take the entreaty particle na {נָא | nāʼ}, conveying urgent pleading.
Root and etymology
ז־כ־רz-k-r
“to remember”
In context — Judges 16:28
And Samson called to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this time, that I may with one vengeance take revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 16:28, so the Hebrew word זָכְרֵ֣נִי (zakhreni) 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.16.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.28.W7.S1) and character.