Judges 18:16:4Judg.18.16.W4TAB
כְּלֵ֣י
kele
“weapons or implements of”
- Transliteration
- ke-LE
- Extended
- keh-LEE
- IPA
- /kəˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- weapons or implements of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ke-LE
- phraseyour reading level
ke-LE mil-kha-MTAM
- clause
ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-gu-RIM ke-LE mil-kha-MTAM ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh ha-SHA-ar
- sentence
ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-gu-RIM ke-LE mil-kha-MTAM ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh ha-SHA-ar a-SHER mib-be-NE-DAN
Exegesis
The participle chagurim {חֲגוּרִים֙ | ḥă-gû-rîm} ‘girded’ functions predicatively with the construct complement kelei milchamtam {כְּלֵ֣י מִלְחַמְתָּ֔ם | kə-lē mil-ḥa-mə-ṯām} ‘weapons of their battle’.
Root and etymology
k-l-mkaf–lamed–mem
“to lack”
In context — Judges 18:16
And six hundred men from the tribe of Dan , girded with their weapons, stood at the entrance of the gate.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 18:16, so the Hebrew word כְּלֵ֣י (kele) 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.18.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.16.W4.S1) and character.