נָכ֣וֹן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נָכ֣וֹן

   na-KHON

   was set up
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 נָכ֣וֹן עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם

   na-KHON a-le-HEM

   was set up upon them
3. clause🔊 וַיִּלְפֹּ֨ת שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י עַמּוּדֵ֣י הַתָּ֗וֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הַבַּ֙יִת֙ נָכ֣וֹן עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּסָּמֵ֖ךְ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם

   va-yil-POT shim-SHON et-she-NE a-mu-DE ha-TA-vekh a-SHER ha-BA-yit na-KHON a-le-HEM va-yis-sa-MEKH a-le-HEM

   and he grasped Samson the two pillars of the middle which the house was set up upon them and he leaned upon them
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּלְפֹּ֨ת שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י עַמּוּדֵ֣י הַתָּ֗וֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הַבַּ֙יִת֙ נָכ֣וֹן עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּסָּמֵ֖ךְ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם אֶחָ֥ד בִּימִינ֖וֹ וְאֶחָ֥ד בִּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃

   va-yil-POT shim-SHON et-she-NE a-mu-DE ha-TA-vekh a-SHER ha-BA-yit na-KHON a-le-HEM va-yis-sa-MEKH a-le-HEM e-KHAD bi-yi-mi-NO ve-e-KHAD bi-se-MO-lo

   and he grasped Samson the two pillars of the middle which the house was set up upon them and he leaned upon them one in his right hand and one in his left hand

Exegesis

The relative pronoun ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} introduces a defining clause clarifying that the habbayyît {הַבַּיִת | habbayyît} ‘house’ was set firmly upon these pillars (Niphal participle nāḵôn {נָכוֹן | nāḵôn}).

Root and etymology

k-w-n🔊 כ־ו־ןkaf–vav–nun

“to be established, set firm”

• 🔊 כּוּןkûnestablish, prepareProverbs 16:3