Judges 19:22:17Judg.19.22.W17TAB
הַזָּקֵן֙
hazaken
“the old man”
- Transliteration
- ha-za-KEN
- Extended
- hah-zah-KEEN
- IPA
- /haz.zaːˈqeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the old man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-za-KEN
- phraseyour reading level
BA-al ha-BA-yit ha-za-KEN
- clause
va-yo-me-RU el-ha-ISH BA-al ha-BA-yit ha-za-KEN le-MOR ho-TSE et-ha-ISH a-sher-BA el-BET-kha ve-ne-da-E-nu
- sentence
HE-ma me-ti-VIM et-li-BAM ve-hi-NE an-SHE ha-IR an-SHE ve-NE-ve-li-YA-al na-sa-BU et-ha-BA-yit mit-da-pe-KIM al-ha-DA-let va-yo-me-RU el-ha-ISH BA-al ha-BA-yit ha-za-KEN le-MOR ho-TSE et-ha-ISH a-sher-BA el-BET-kha ve-ne-da-E-nu
Root and etymology
z-q-nz-q-n
“to be old, elder”
In context — Judges 19:22
As they were making their hearts glad , behold, the men of the city, sons of worthlessness , surrounded the house and pounded on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came into your house so that we may know him.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:22:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Judges 19:22, so the Hebrew word הַזָּקֵן֙ (hazaken) 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.19.22.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.22.W17.S1) and character.