Judges 17:12:4Judg.17.12.W4TAB
הַלֵּוִ֔י
halevi
“the Levite”
- Transliteration
- ha-le-VI
- Extended
- hah-leh-VEE
- IPA
- /hal.leˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Levite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ha-le-VI
- phraseyour reading level
et-YAD ha-le-VI
- clause
va-ye-mal-LE mi-KHA et-YAD ha-le-VI va-ye-HI-LO ha-na-AR le-kho-HEN
- sentence
va-ye-mal-LE mi-KHA et-YAD ha-le-VI va-ye-HI-LO ha-na-AR le-kho-HEN va-ye-HI be-VET mi-KHA
Exegesis
The idiomatic phrase et-yad haLevi {אֶת־יַד הַלֵּוִ֔י | ʾet-yād ha-lēwî} uses the direct object marker and the “hand of the Levite” construct to denote ritual designation.
Root and etymology
ל־ו־ה
“to join, be attached”
In context — Judges 17:12
And Micah installed the Levite , and the young man became his priest, and he was in the house of Micah.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 17:12, so the Hebrew word הַלֵּוִ֔י (halevi) 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.17.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.12.W4.S1) and character.