Judges 18:5:7Judg.18.5.W7TAB
דַּרְכֵּ֔נוּ
darkenu
“our way”
- Transliteration
- dar-KE-nu
- Extended
- dah-rKEE-noo
- IPA
- /darˈkeːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- our way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dar-KE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
ha-tats-li-AKH dar-KE-nu
- clause
ve-ne-de-A ha-tats-li-AKH dar-KE-nu a-SHER a-NA-khnu hol-KHIM a-LE-ha
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru LO she-AL-NA ve-e-lo-HIM ve-ne-de-A ha-tats-li-AKH dar-KE-nu a-SHER a-NA-khnu hol-KHIM a-LE-ha
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ăsher} ‘which’ and the participle holkim {הֹלְכִ֥ים | hôlḵîm} ‘going’ form a relative participial clause modifying darkenu {דַּרְכֵּ֔נוּ | darkēnû} ‘our way.’
In context — Judges 18:5
And they said to him, “Please inquire of God for us, so that we may know whether our way on which we are going will succeed.”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 18:5, so the Hebrew word דַּרְכֵּ֔נוּ (darkenu) 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.18.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.5.W7.S1) and character.