Judges 18:2:17Judg.18.2.W17TAB
חִקְר֣וּ
khikru
“search out”
- Transliteration
- khik-RU
- Extended
- khihk-ROO
- IPA
- /ħiqˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- search out
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
khik-RU
- phraseyour reading level
khik-RU et-ha-A-rets
- 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 imperatives ləkū ḥiqrū {לְכוּ חִקְרוּ | ləkū ḥiqrū} function as a direct command reinforcing urgency.
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 18:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Judges 18:2, so the Hebrew word חִקְר֣וּ (khikru) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.2.W17.S1) and character.