Judges 18:15:5Judg.18.15.W5TAB
הַלֵּוִ֖י
halevi
“the Levite”
- Transliteration
- ha-le-VI
- Extended
- hah-lee-VEE
- IPA
- /hal.leːˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Levite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ha-le-VI
- phraseyour reading level
el-BET-ha-NA-ar ha-le-VI
- clause
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM-ma va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ha-NA-ar ha-le-VI BET mi-KHA
- sentence
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM-ma va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ha-NA-ar ha-le-VI BET mi-KHA va-yish-e-LU-lo le-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The construct chain bêyt hannā‘ar hallēwî (bêyt {בֵּֽית־ | bêyt} ‘house of’ + hannā‘ar {הַנַּ֥עַר | hannā‘ar} ‘the youth’ + hallēwî {הַלֵּוִ֖י | hallēwî} ‘the Levite’) specifies location and status.
Root and etymology
l-w-ylamed–waw–yod
“join, attach”
In context — Judges 18:15
So they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite , at the house of Micah, and they asked him about his well-being .
About this coordinate
Judges 18:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 18:15, so the Hebrew word הַלֵּוִ֖י (halevi) 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.18.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.15.W5.S1) and character.