Judges 16:8:9Judg.16.8.W9TAB
וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ
vataasrehu
“and she bound him”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-as-re-HU
- Extended
- vah-tah-ahs-reh-HOO
- IPA
- /vat.taʔasreˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she bound him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ta-as-re-HU
- 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.
Root and etymology
s-r-rsamekh–resh–resh
“prince, ruler, chief”
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 16:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 16:8, so the Hebrew word וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ (vataasrehu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.8.W9.S1) and character.