Judges 16:30:12Judg.16.30.W12TAB
אֲשֶׁר־בּ֑וֹ
asherbo
“who were in it”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-BO
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-BOH
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛrˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who were in it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-BO
- clause
va-yo-MER shim-sHON ta-MOT naf-SHI im-pe-lish-TIM va-YET be-KHO-akh va-yi-POL ha-BA-yit al-ha-se-ra-NIM ve-al-kol-ha-AM a-SHER-BO
- sentence
va-yo-MER shim-sHON ta-MOT naf-SHI im-pe-lish-TIM va-YET be-KHO-akh va-yi-POL ha-BA-yit al-ha-se-ra-NIM ve-al-kol-ha-AM a-SHER-BO va-yih-YU ha-me-TIM a-SHER he-MIT be-mo-TO ra-BIM me-a-SHER he-MIT be-kha-YAV
Root and etymology
“ruler, commander”
In context — Judges 16:30
And Samson said, “Let my soul die with the Philistines!” And he bent with strength , and the house fell upon the rulers and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed in his death were more than those whom he killed in his life.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:30:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 16:30, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־בּ֑וֹ (asherbo) 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.16.30.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.30.W12.S1) and character.