Judges 19:21:6Judg.19.21.W6TAB
רַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם
raglehem
“their feet”
- Transliteration
- rag-le-HEM
- Extended
- rag-leh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ragleːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their feet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
rag-le-HEM
- clause
va-yir-kha-TSU rag-le-HEM va-yokh-LU va-yish-TU
- sentence
va-ye-vi-E-HU le-VE-TO va-ya-VOL la-kha-mo-RIM va-yir-kha-TSU rag-le-HEM va-yokh-LU va-yish-TU
Exegesis
The clause wayyirḥaṣṣû ragleihem {וַֽיִּרְחֲצוּ֙ רַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם | wayyirḥăṣṣû raḡlêhêm} ‘and they washed their feet’ reflects customary hospitality.
Root and etymology
ר־ג־ל
“foot, to walk”
In context — Judges 19:21
So he brought him into his house, and he gave fodder to the donkeys . Then they washed their feet , and they ate and drank.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 19:21, so the Hebrew word רַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם (raglehem) 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.19.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.21.W6.S1) and character.