Judges 18:8:2Judg.18.8.W2TAB
אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם
elakhehem
“to their brothers”
- Transliteration
- el-a-khe-HEM
- Extended
- ehl-ah-kheh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔăħeːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to their brothers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
el-a-khe-HEM
- clause
va-ya-VO-u el-a-khe-HEM tsar-e-A ve-esh-ta-OL
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-a-khe-HEM tsar-e-A ve-esh-ta-OL va-yo-me-RU la-HEM a-khe-HEM MA a-TEM
Exegesis
The preposition ʾel {אֶל־ | ʾel} ‘to’ introduces the indirect object construct ʾă-ḥê-hēm {אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾă-ḥê-hēm} ‘their brothers’.
The clause resumes with the vav-consecutive on way-yō-me-rū {וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ | way-yō-me-rū} ‘and they said’, followed by the dative lā-hem {לָהֶ֛ם | lā-hem} ‘to them’ and the construct ʾă-ḥê-hēm {אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾă-ḥê-hēm} ‘their brothers’ clarifying the speaker.
Root and etymology
ʾ-ch
“brother, kin”
In context — Judges 18:8
And they came to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, “What do you bring?”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 18:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם (elakhehem) 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.18.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.8.W2.S1) and character.