Judges 17:4:3Judg.17.4.W3TAB
לְאִמּ֑וֹ
leimmo
“to his mother”
- Transliteration
- le-im-MO
- Extended
- leh-ihm-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-im-MO
- clause
va-ya-SHEV et-ha-KE-sef le-im-MO
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-ha-KE-sef le-im-MO va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef va-tit-te-NE-hu la-tso-REF va-ya-a-SE-hu PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA va-ye-HI be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu
Root and etymology
א־מ־מ
“mother”
In context — Judges 17:4
So he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a cast idol. And it was in the house of Micah .
About this coordinate
Judges 17:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 17:4, so the Hebrew word לְאִמּ֑וֹ (leimmo) 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.17.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.4.W3.S1) and character.