Judges 16:30:7Judg.16.30.W7TAB
בְּכֹ֔חַ
bekhoakh
“with strength or with power”
- Transliteration
- be-KHO-akh
- Extended
- beh-KHOH-ahkh
- IPA
- /bəˈχoː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- with strength or with power
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
be-KHO-akh
- phraseyour reading level
va-YET be-KHO-akh
- 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
Exegesis
The narrative resumes with the imperfect vav-consecutive and instrument: wayyeṭ {וַיֵּ֣ט | wayyeṭ} ‘and he bent’ plus bə-ḵōaḥ {בְּכֹ֔חַ | bə-ḵōaḥ} ‘with strength’, indicating means.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf-chet
“strength”
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 16:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 16:30, so the Hebrew word בְּכֹ֔חַ (bekhoakh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.30.W7.S1) and character.