Judges 18:14:9Judg.18.14.W9TAB
אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם
elakhehem
“to their brothers”
- Transliteration
- el-a-khe-HEM
- Extended
- ehl-ah-kheh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔăħeːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to their brothers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-a-khe-HEM
- clause
va-ya-a-NU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ho-le-KHIM le-rag-GEL ET-ha-A-rets LA-yish va-yo-me-RU el-a-khe-HEM ha-ye-da-TEHM KI YESH ba-ba-TIM ha-E-le e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM u-PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA
- sentence
va-ya-a-NU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ho-le-KHIM le-rag-GEL ET-ha-A-rets LA-yish va-yo-me-RU el-a-khe-HEM ha-ye-da-TEHM KI YESH ba-ba-TIM ha-E-le e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM u-PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA de-U ma-ta-a-SU
Exegesis
The conjunction vay-ō-mĕ-rû {וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ | vay-ō-mĕ-rû} shifts to a question addressed to ʾa-ḥē-hem {אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם | ʼa-ḥē-hem} “their brothers.”
Root and etymology
ʾ-ch
“brother, kin”
In context — Judges 18:14
Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish spoke to their brothers, “You should know that these houses contain an ephod , teraphim, a carved image, and a cast image. Now then, decide what you will do.”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 18:14, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם (elakhehem) 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.18.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.14.W9.S1) and character.