Judges 18:25:7Judg.18.25.W7TAB
פֶּֽן־יִפְגְּע֣וּ
penyifgeu
“lest they strike”
- Transliteration
- pen-yif-ge-U
- Extended
- pehn-yihf-geh-OO
- IPA
- /pɛn.jif.gəˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest they strike
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pen-yif-ge-U
- phraseyour reading level
pen-yif-ge-U va-KHEM
- clause
pen-yif-ge-U va-KHEM a-na-SHIM ma-REI NE-fesh ve-a-saf-TA naf-she-KHA ve-NE-fesh BEI-te-KHA
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru e-LAV be-NEI-DAN al-ta-shMA kol-KHA im-MA-nu pen-yif-ge-U va-KHEM a-na-SHIM ma-REI NE-fesh ve-a-saf-TA naf-she-KHA ve-NE-fesh BEI-te-KHA
Exegesis
The conjunction pen{פֶּן | pen} ‘lest’ introduces a warning clause leading to the verb yipgeu{יִפְגְּעוּ | yipgāʿû} ‘they may attack’, with bakhem{בָכֶם | bākem} ‘against you’ and the noun subject anashim{אֲנָשִׁים | ʾănāšîm} ‘men’.
In context — Judges 18:25
The sons of Dan said to him, “Do not let your voice be heard among us, or embittered souls may rush upon you, and you will lose your life and the life of your household.”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 18:25, so the Hebrew word פֶּֽן־יִפְגְּע֣וּ (penyifgeu) 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.18.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.25.W7.S1) and character.