Judges 19:28:8Judg.19.28.W8TAB
עַֽל־הַחֲמ֔וֹר
alhakhamor
“upon the donkey”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-kha-MOR
- Extended
- ahl-hah-khah-MOHR
- IPA
- /ʕal.ha.ħaˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the donkey
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-kha-MOR
- clause
va-yik-ka-KHE-ha al-ha-kha-MOR va-ya-KAM ha-ISH va-ye-LEKH lim-ke-MO
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha ku-MI ve-ne-le-KHA ve-EN o-NE va-yik-ka-KHE-ha al-ha-kha-MOR va-ya-KAM ha-ISH va-ye-LEKH lim-ke-MO
Exegesis
The phrase al-hachamor {עַֽל-הַחֲמ֔וֹר | ʿal-ha-ḥă-môr} ‘upon the donkey’ sets the spatial context before the protagonist, ha’ish {הָאִ֔ישׁ | hā-ʾîš} ‘the man’, moves to his destination, limekomo {לִמְקֹמֽוֹ | li-mə-qō-mô} ‘to his place’. This structure preserves the Hebrew’s brisk pacing and dramatic tension in translation.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–mem–resh
“donkey”
In context — Judges 19:28
And he said to her, “Arise , and let us go.” But there was no answering . Then he took her and placed her upon the donkey, and the man stood up and went to his place.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 19:28, so the Hebrew word עַֽל־הַחֲמ֔וֹר (alhakhamor) 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.19.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.28.W8.S1) and character.