Judges 18:2:13Judg.18.2.W13TAB
וּלְחָקְרָ֔הּ
ulekhakerah
“and to search it out”
- Transliteration
- u-le-kha-ke-RAH
- Extended
- oo-leh-khaa-keh-RAAH
- IPA
- /uːləħoqəˈraːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to search it out
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-kha-ke-RAH
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU ve-NE-DAN mim-mish-pa-khTAM kha-mish-SHA a-na-SHIM mik-tso-TAM a-na-SHIM be-NE-kha-YIL mits-tsa-re-A u-me-esh-ta-OL le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets u-le-kha-ke-RAH va-yo-me-RU a-le-HEM le-KHU khik-RU et-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU ve-NE-DAN mim-mish-pa-khTAM kha-mish-SHA a-na-SHIM mik-tso-TAM a-na-SHIM be-NE-kha-YIL mits-tsa-re-A u-me-esh-ta-OL le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets u-le-kha-ke-RAH va-yo-me-RU a-le-HEM le-KHU khik-RU et-ha-A-rets va-ya-VO-u har-ef-ra-YIM ad-BET mi-KHA va-ya-LI-nu SHAM
Exegesis
The paired infinitives lə-raggēl {לְרַגֵּל | lə-raggēl} ‘to spy’ and ū-lə-ḥāqērāh {וּלְחָקְרָהּ | ū-lə-ḥāqērāh} ‘and to search’ define the mission’s dual purpose.
In context — Judges 18:2
So the sons of Dan sent five men from their clan, from their outer districts—men of valor from Zorah and from Eshtaol—to spy out the land and investigate it. They told them, “Go, examine the land.” They came to the hill-country of Ephraim, reached the house of Micah, and stayed the night there.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 18:2, so the Hebrew word וּלְחָקְרָ֔הּ (ulekhakerah) 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.18.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.2.W13.S1) and character.