Judges 16:7:6Judg.16.7.W6TAB

יְתָרִ֥ים

yetarim

bowstrings

Transliteration
ye-ta-RIM
Extended
yeh-tah-REEM
IPA
/jətaˈriːm/

Meaning by language

English
bowstrings

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יְ + תָ + רִ֥ים
ye + ta + rim
yetarim

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-ta-RIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ye-ta-RIM la-KHIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 conditional protasis is signaled by the particle im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’, followed by the imperfect yasruni {יַואַ֗סְרֻנִי | yaʾaśrûnî} ‘they bind me’, which governs the modifier beshivah yetarim lachim {בְּשִׁבְעָ֛ה יְתָרִ֥ים לַחִ֖ים | bəšibhʿāh yəṭārı̂m laḥı̂ym} ‘with seven fresh bowstrings’.

Root and etymology

y-t-ryod–tav–resh

overhang, cord

In contextJudges 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 16:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 16:7, so the Hebrew word יְתָרִ֥ים (yetarim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.7.W6.S1) and character.