Judges 19:17:5Judg.19.17.W5TAB
הָאֹרֵ֖חַ
haoreakh
“the traveler or guest”
- Transliteration
- ha-o-RE-akh
- Extended
- haa-oh-REE-akh
- IPA
- /haːʔoːˈreːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the traveler or guest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
ha-o-RE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-ISH ha-o-RE-akh
- clause
va-yi-SA e-NAI-v va-YAR-e et-ha-ISH ha-o-RE-akh bir-KHOv ha-IR
- sentence
va-yi-SA e-NAI-v va-YAR-e et-ha-ISH ha-o-RE-akh bir-KHOv ha-IR va-YO-meR ha-ISH ha-za-KEN a-NA te-LEKH u-me-A-yin ta-VO
Exegesis
The direct object is marked by et-ha-ish {אֶת־הָאִ֥ישׁ | ʾet-hā-ʾîš} ‘the man,’ which is specified by ha-oreakh {הָאֹרֵ֖חַ | hā-ʾō-rê-aḥ} ‘traveler,’ indicating a temporary guest.
Root and etymology
aleph–resh–chetaleph–resh–chet
“to wander, travel”
In context — Judges 19:17
And he lifted his eyes and saw the traveler in the city square; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and from where do you come?”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 19:17, so the Hebrew word הָאֹרֵ֖חַ (haoreakh) 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.19.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.17.W5.S1) and character.