Judges 18:22:2Judg.18.22.W2TAB
הִרְחִ֖יקוּ
hirkhiku
“they had gone far”
- Transliteration
- hir-khi-KU
- Extended
- hir-khih-KOO
- IPA
- /hir.ħiˈquː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they had gone far
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hir-khi-KU
- phraseyour reading level
HE-ma hir-khi-KU
- clause
HE-ma hir-khi-KU mi-BET mi-KHA
- sentence
HE-ma hir-khi-KU mi-BET mi-KHA ve-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER ba-ba-TIM a-SHER im-BET mi-KHA niz-e-a-KU va-yad-bi-KU et-be-NE-dan
Exegesis
The verse begins with hema {הֵמָּה | hēmmā} ‘they’ highlighting the narrative subject, followed by the hifil perfect hirchiku {הִרְחִיקוּ | hirḥīqû} expressing completed action of distancing with the locative mi-beit {מִבֵּית | mib-bêṯ} ‘from the house of Micah.’
Root and etymology
Rootresh–chet–qof
“to distance, remove”
In context — Judges 18:22
When they had moved away from the house of Micah, the men who dwelt in the dwellings near Micah’s household cried out, and they overtook the sons of Dan .
About this coordinate
Judges 18:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 18:22, so the Hebrew word הִרְחִ֖יקוּ (hirkhiku) 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.18.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.22.W2.S1) and character.