Judges 16:8:10Judg.16.8.W10TAB
בָּהֶֽם׃
bahem
“with them”
- Transliteration
- BA-hem
- Extended
- BAA-hehm
- IPA
- /ˈbaːhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
BA-hem
- clause
va-ta-as-re-HU BA-hem
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU-la sar-NE pe-lish-TIM shiv-A ye-ta-RIM la-KHIM a-SHER lo-KHO-ra-VU va-ta-as-re-HU BA-hem
Exegesis
The narrative resumes with wattā’asrēhû {וַתַּאַסְרֵהוּ | wattā’asrēhû} ‘and she bound him’, marking Delilah as the actor, and concludes with the prepositional pronoun bāhem {בָּהֶם | bāhem} ‘with them’. The use of two vav consecutives frames a tight sequence of provisioning and binding, while the fronted descriptors heighten the sense of entrapment.
In context — Judges 16:8
Then the rulers of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 16:8, so the Hebrew word בָּהֶֽם׃ (bahem) 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.16.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.8.W10.S1) and character.