Judges 17:3:4Judg.17.3.W4TAB
לְאִמּ֑וֹ
leimo
“to his mother”
- Transliteration
- le-i-MO
- Extended
- leh-ih-MOH
- IPA
- /ləʔimˈmoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his mother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-i-MO
- clause
va-ya-SHEV et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef le-i-MO
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef le-i-MO va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
Exegesis
The definite noun ha-kesef {הַכֶּסֶף | hak-keseph} “the silver” is then directed by the dative le-immōw {לְאִמּוֹ | ləʾimmōw} “to his mother.”
Root and etymology
א־מ־מ
“mother”
In context — Judges 17:3
And he returned the one thousand one hundred pieces of silver to his mother. Then his mother said, “Dedicating I have dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son to make an image and a cast idol. Now I will return it to you.”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 17:3, so the Hebrew word לְאִמּ֑וֹ (leimo) 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.17.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.3.W4.S1) and character.