Judges 16:7:9Judg.16.7.W9TAB
לֹא־חֹרָ֑בוּ
lokhoravu
“have not been dried”
- Transliteration
- lo-kho-ra-VU
- Extended
- loh-khoh-rah-VOO
- IPA
- /loː.ħoˈraː.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- have not been dried
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
lo-kho-ra-VU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-kho-ra-VU
- 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 relative clause asher lochoravu {אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־חֹרָ֑בוּ | ʾăšer lō·ḥōrāvû} ‘which have not been dried’ refines the condition.
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 16:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 16:7, so the Hebrew word לֹא־חֹרָ֑בוּ (lokhoravu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.7.W9.S1) and character.