Judges 16:9:8Judg.16.9.W8TAB
עָלֶ֖יךָ
alekha
“upon you”
- Transliteration
- a-LE-kha
- Extended
- aa-LEH-khah
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlɛj.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
a-LE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha
- 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 exclamation pelishtim alekha {פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ | pə-liš-tîm ʿā-le-ḵā} ‘Philistines are upon you’ heightens urgency.
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 16:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 16:9, so the Hebrew word עָלֶ֖יךָ (alekha) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.9.W8.S1) and character.