Judges 16:6:10Judg.16.6.W10TAB
תֵאָסֵ֖ר
teaser
“you may be bound”
- Transliteration
- te-a-SER
- Extended
- tee-ah-SEHR
- IPA
- /teːʔaːˈseːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- you may be bound
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-a-SER
- phraseyour reading level
u-va-ME te-a-SER
- clause
u-va-ME te-a-SER le-a-no-TE-kha
- sentence
va-TO-mer de-li-LA el-shim-sHON ha-gi-DA-na LI ba-ME ko-KHA-kha ga-DOL u-va-ME te-a-SER le-a-no-TE-kha
Exegesis
The first question interrogates the source of his strength, while the second employs the Niphal imperfect te’aser {תֵאָסֵ֖ר | tē-ˀā-sēr} with the Piel infinitive le-anotekha {לְעַנּוֹתֶֽךָ | lə-ʿan-nō-wṯe-ḵā} to express the possibility of binding with the purpose of afflicting him. This syntactic parallelism emphasizes Delilah’s strategic probing, and the infinitival construction is rendered in English to preserve both potential and purpose relationships.
Root and etymology
s-r-rsamekh–resh–resh
“prince, ruler, chief”
In context — Judges 16:6
And Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me by what means your strength is so great, and by what you can be bound to be afflicted ?”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 16:6, so the Hebrew word תֵאָסֵ֖ר (teaser) 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.16.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.6.W10.S1) and character.