Judges 18:27:13Judg.18.27.W13TAB
וּבֹטֵ֔חַ
uvoteakh
“and trusting or unsuspecting”
- Transliteration
- u-vo-TE-akh
- Extended
- oo-voh-TEH-akh
- IPA
- /uːvoːˈtˁeːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and trusting or unsuspecting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
u-vo-TE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
sho-KET u-vo-TE-akh
- clause
ve-HE-ma la-KHU ET a-SHER-a-SA mi-KHA ve-ET-ha-ko-HEN a-SHER ha-YA-lo va-ya-VO-u al-LA-yish al-AM sho-KET u-vo-TE-akh va-ya-KU o-TAM le-fi-KHA-rev
- sentence
ve-HE-ma la-KHU ET a-SHER-a-SA mi-KHA ve-ET-ha-ko-HEN a-SHER ha-YA-lo va-ya-VO-u al-LA-yish al-AM sho-KET u-vo-TE-akh va-ya-KU o-TAM le-fi-KHA-rev ve-ET-ha-IR sar-FU va-ESH
Exegesis
The participles šōqēṭ {שֹׁקֵט | šōqēṭ} ‘quiet’ and ū-bōṭēaḥ {וּבֹטֵ֔חַ | ū-bōṭēaḥ} ‘trusting’ depict the unsuspecting state of the inhabitants.
Root and etymology
b-ṭ-ḥbet–tet–chet
“security, confidence”
In context — Judges 18:27
They seized what Micah had made and his priest, and moved against Laish, a people who were quiet and secure . They struck them down with the sword and set the city on fire.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:27:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 18:27, so the Hebrew word וּבֹטֵ֔חַ (uvoteakh) 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.18.27.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.27.W13.S1) and character.