Judges 16:4:8Judg.16.4.W8TAB
וּשְׁמָ֖הּ
ushema
“and her name was”
- Transliteration
- u-she-MA
- Extended
- oo-sheh-MAA
- IPA
- /uʃəˈmaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and her name was
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-she-MA
- clause
u-she-MA de-li-LA
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-REI KEN va-ye-e-HAV i-SHA be-na-KHAL so-REK u-she-MA de-li-LA
Exegesis
Finally, ushmah {וּשְׁמָ֖הּ | ūšmāh} ‘and her name’ plus the proper noun Delilah {דְּלִילָֽה | dəlîlâh} completes her identification. This vav-consecutive narrative is rendered in English past tense to preserve sequence and flow.
In context — Judges 16:4
And it happened after this that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name was Delilah.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 16:4, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמָ֖הּ (ushema) 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.16.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.4.W8.S1) and character.