Judges 16:7:2Judg.16.7.W2TAB
אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙
eleha
“to her”
- Transliteration
- e-LE-ha
- Extended
- ee-LEH-hah
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlɛ.haː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to her
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
e-LE-ha
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha shim-SHON im-ya-as-re-NI be-shiv-A ye-ta-RIM la-KHIM a-SHER lo-kho-ra-VU
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha shim-SHON im-ya-as-re-NI be-shiv-A ye-ta-RIM la-KHIM a-SHER lo-kho-ra-VU ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-a-KHAD ha-a-DAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eileha {אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ | ʾelehāh} ‘to her’ marks the recipient.
In context — Judges 16:7
And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I will become weak and will be like any other man .”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 16:7, so the Hebrew word אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ (eleha) 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.16.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.7.W2.S1) and character.