Judges 17:2:10Judg.17.2.W10TAB

אָלִית֙

alit

you uttered a curse

Transliteration
a-LIT
Extended
oh-LEET
IPA
/ʔoːˈliːt/

Meaning by language

English
you uttered a curse

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Result
אָ + לִית֙
a + lit
alit

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-LIT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-e-TI ve-AT a-LIT

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer le-im-MO E-lef u-me-A ha-KE-sef a-SHER lu-KAKH-lakh ve-e-TI ve-AT a-LIT ve-GAM a-MAR-te be-oz-NAI hin-NE-ha-KE-sef it-TI a-NI le-kakh-TIV

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer le-im-MO E-lef u-me-A ha-KE-sef a-SHER lu-KAKH-lakh ve-e-TI ve-AT a-LIT ve-GAM a-MAR-te be-oz-NAI hin-NE-ha-KE-sef it-TI a-NI le-kakh-TIV va-TO-mer im-MO ba-RUKH be-NI la-ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The coordinated phrases ve-itti ve-at alit vegam amart be-oznai {וְאִתִּ֖י וְאַ֤תְּ אָלִית וְגַם אָמַ֣רְתְּ בְּאָזְנַ֔י | wə-’it-tî wə-ʼat ’ā-lit wə-gam ’ā-mart bə-ʼoẓ-nay} highlight the speaker’s presence and the mother’s own curse, underscoring dramatic irony.

In contextJudges 17:2

And he said to his mother, “The one thousand one hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you—and though I was present you uttered a curse and also spoke in my hearing—behold, the silver is with me; I am the one who took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD !”

About this coordinate

Judges 17:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 17:2, so the Hebrew word אָלִית֙ (alit) 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.17.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.2.W10.S1) and character.