Judges 16:30:20Judg.16.30.W20TAB
הֵמִ֖ית
hemit
“he killed”
- Transliteration
- he-MIT
- Extended
- heh-MEET
- IPA
- /heːˈmiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- he killed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-MIT
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-SHER he-MIT
- clause
va-yih-YU ha-me-TIM a-SHER he-MIT be-mo-TO ra-BIM me-a-SHER he-MIT be-kha-YAV
- 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
Exegesis
In the result clause wayyipōl {וַיִּפֹּ֤ל | wayyipōl} ‘and it fell’ takes ham-mēṯîm {הַמֵּתִים֙ | ham-mēṯîm} ‘the dead’ as a comparative endpoint: ham-mēṯîm whom hēmîṯ {הֵמִ֣ית | hēmîṯ} ‘he killed’ in bᵊ-mōtō {בְּמוֹת֔וֹ | bᵊ-mōtō} ‘in his death’ were rabbîm mē-ʾašer {רַבִּים מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר | rabbîm mē-ʾašer} ‘many more than’ those hēmîṯ {הֵמִ֖ית | hēmîṯ} ‘he killed’ bᵊ-ḥay-yāw {בְּחַיָּֽיו׃ | bᵊ-ḥay-yāw} ‘in his life’. The sequence of vav-consecutives, shift from jussive to narrative imperfect to comparative clause, builds the climactic end of Samson’s final act.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-vav-tav
“to kill”
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 16:30:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Judges 16:30, so the Hebrew word הֵמִ֖ית (hemit) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.30.W20.S1) and character.