Judges 16:6:9Judg.16.6.W9TAB
וּבַמֶּ֥ה
uvame
“and in what”
- Transliteration
- u-va-ME
- Extended
- oo-vah-MEH
- IPA
- /uvaˈmːɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in what
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-va-ME
- 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
Two parallel interrogative phrases, bameh {בַּמֶּה | ba-meh}…gadol {גָד֑וֹל | gä-dōl} and uvameh {וּבַמֶּ֥ה | u-ba-meh}, frame questions about the cause and method of Samson’s power.
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 16:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 16:6, so the Hebrew word וּבַמֶּ֥ה (uvame) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.6.W9.S1) and character.