Judges 16:9:4Judg.16.9.W4TAB
בַּחֶ֔דֶר
bakheder
“in the chamber”
- Transliteration
- ba-KHE-der
- Extended
- bah-KHEH-dehr
- IPA
- /baˈħɛdɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the chamber
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-KHE-der
- 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 participle yoshev {יֹשֵׁ֥ב | yō-šēḇ} ‘sitting’ indicates continuous posture while lah {לָהּ֙ | lāh} marks a beneficiary relation and bachedar {בַּחֶ֔דֶר | ba-ḥé-der} ‘in the chamber’ establishes location.
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 16:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 16:9, so the Hebrew word בַּחֶ֔דֶר (bakheder) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.9.W4.S1) and character.