Judges 16:9:1Judg.16.9.W1TAB
וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב
vehaorev
“and the one lying in ambush”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-o-REV
- Extended
- veh-haa-oh-REV
- IPA
- /wəhaːʔoˈreːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the one lying in ambush
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-o-REV
- clause
ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV LAH ba-KHE-der va-to-MER e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON
- sentence
ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV LAH ba-KHE-der va-to-MER e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON va-ye-na-TEK et-ha-ye-ta-RIM ka-a-SHER yin-na-TEK pe-TIL-ha-ne-o-RET ba-ha-ri-KHO ESH ve-LO no-DA ko-KHO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive participle veha’orev {וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב | və-hā-ʾō-rêḇ} ‘and the ambusher’, creating immediate narrative tension.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–resh–bet
“to ambush, lie in wait”
In context — Judges 16:9
Now men lying in wait were staying for her in the chamber, and she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he snapped the cords as a thread of tow snaps when it comes near fire, and his strength was not known.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 16:9, so the Hebrew word וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב (vehaorev) 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.16.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.9.W1.S1) and character.