Judges 18:19:3Judg.18.19.W3TAB
הַחֲרֵ֜שׁ
hakharesh
“be silent”
- Transliteration
- ha-kha-RESH
- Extended
- hah-khah-REESH
- IPA
- /haħăˈreːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- be silent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
ha-kha-RESH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU LO ha-kha-RESH
- clause
va-yo-me-RU LO ha-kha-RESH SIM-ya-de-KHA al-PI-kha ve-LEKH im-MA-nu ve-he-YE-la-NU le-AV u-le-kho-HEN
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU LO ha-kha-RESH SIM-ya-de-KHA al-PI-kha ve-LEKH im-MA-nu ve-he-YE-la-NU le-AV u-le-kho-HEN ha-TOV he-yot-KHA kho-HEN le-VET ISH e-KHAD O he-yot-KHA kho-HEN le-SHE-vet u-le-mish-pa-KHA be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperative hacheresh {הַחֲרֵשׁ | hacḥəreš} ‘be silent’, the Qal imperatives sim {שִֽׂים | sîm}, velekh {וְלֵ֣ךְ | wə-lêḵ}, and vehyeh {וֶֽהְיֵה | wə-həyyēh} create an urgent command sequence.
In context — Judges 18:19
And they said to him, “Be silent; put your hand upon your mouth, come with us, and be for us a father and a priest . Is it better for you to serve as priest for the house of one man, or to serve as priest for a tribe and clan in Israel?”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 18:19, so the Hebrew word הַחֲרֵ֜שׁ (hakharesh) 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.18.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.19.W3.S1) and character.