Judges 17:8:15Judg.17.8.W15TAB
דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃
darko
“his way”
- Transliteration
- dar-KO
- Extended
- dahr-KOH
- IPA
- /darˈkoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
dar-KO
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-SOT dar-KO
- clause
va-ya-VO har-e-fra-YIM ad-BET mi-KHA la-a-SOT dar-KO
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH ha-i-SH me-ha-IR mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA la-GUR ba-a-SHER yim-TSA va-ya-VO har-e-fra-YIM ad-BET mi-KHA la-a-SOT dar-KO
Exegesis
The idiom la’asot darko {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת דַּרְכּֽוֹ | la‘ăśôt darkô} frames the ongoing journey. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew’s chain of motion and purposive clauses to maintain the original’s narrative flow.
In context — Judges 17:8
And the man went from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn wherever he might find, and as he went on his way he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Judges 17:8, so the Hebrew word דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃ (darko) 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.17.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.8.W15.S1) and character.