Judges 18:13:3Judg.18.13.W3TAB
הַר־אֶפְרָ֑יִם
harefrayim
“the hill country of Ephraim”
- Transliteration
- har-e-fra-YIM
- Extended
- hahr-eh-frah-YEEM
- IPA
- /har.ʔɛfraˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the hill country of Ephraim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
har-e-fra-YIM
- clause
va-ya-AV-ru mish-SHAM har-e-fra-YIM
- sentence
va-ya-AV-ru mish-SHAM har-e-fra-YIM va-ya-VO-u ad-BET mi-KHA
Exegesis
The construct chain har Efrayim {הַר־אֶפְרָ֑יִם | har-ʾĕ-frā-yim} ‘the hill country of Ephraim’ combines the noun har {הַר | har} ‘mountain’ with the tribal name Efrayim {אֶפְרָ֑יִם | ʾĕ-frā-yim} to specify the geographic region.
Root and etymology
h-rheh–resh
“mountain”
In context — Judges 18:13
And they passed on from there into the hill country of Ephraim, and came as far as the house of Micah.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 18:13, so the Hebrew word הַר־אֶפְרָ֑יִם (harefrayim) 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.18.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.13.W3.S1) and character.