Judges 18:21:6Judg.18.21.W6TAB
וְאֶת־הַכְּבוּדָּ֖ה
veethakhevudda
“and the possessions or valuables”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-khe-vu-DDA
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-kheh-voo-DDAA
- IPA
- /vəʔɛt.hak.kəvuˈdːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the possessions or valuables
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-ha-khe-vu-DDA
- clause
va-ya-si-MU et-ha-TAF ve-et-ha-mik-NE ve-et-ha-khe-vu-DDA lif-ne-HEM
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ye-LE-khu va-ya-si-MU et-ha-TAF ve-et-ha-mik-NE ve-et-ha-khe-vu-DDA lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
This is followed by a tricolon of direct objects, each introduced by et {אֶת־ | ʾet} and coordinated by we-et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet}, listing three categories of burden: dependent children, livestock, and valuables.
Root and etymology
RootKaf–Bet–Dalet
“weight, wealth”
In context — Judges 18:21
And they turned and went, and they placed the dependent children and the livestock and the valuables in front of them.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 18:21, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַכְּבוּדָּ֖ה (veethakhevudda) 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.18.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.21.W6.S1) and character.