Judges 16:6:11Judg.16.6.W11TAB
לְעַנּוֹתֶֽךָ׃
leanotekha
“to subdue you”
- Transliteration
- le-a-no-TE-kha
- Extended
- leh-ah-noh-TEH-khaa
- IPA
- /ləʕan.noːˈtɛxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to subdue you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
le-a-no-TE-kha
- 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.
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 16:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 16:6, so the Hebrew word לְעַנּוֹתֶֽךָ׃ (leanotekha) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.6.W11.S1) and character.