Judges 16:4:9Judg.16.4.W9TAB
דְּלִילָֽה׃
delila
“Delilah”
- Transliteration
- de-li-LA
- Extended
- deh-lih-LAA
- IPA
- /dəliˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Delilah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
de-li-LA
- 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 16:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 16:4, so the Hebrew word דְּלִילָֽה׃ (delila) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.4.W9.S1) and character.