Judges 19:3:12Judg.19.3.W12TAB
חֲמֹרִ֑ים
khamorim
“of donkeys”
- Transliteration
- kha-mo-RIM
- Extended
- khah-moh-REEM
- IPA
- /ħămoˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of donkeys
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kha-mo-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM
- clause
va-ya-KAM i-SHA va-YE-lekh a-khe-RE-ha le-dab-BER al-li-BA le-ha-shi-VO la-ha-shi-VA ve-na-a-RO im-MO ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-KAM i-SHA va-YE-lekh a-khe-RE-ha le-dab-BER al-li-BA le-ha-shi-VO la-ha-shi-VA ve-na-a-RO im-MO ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM va-te-vi-E-hu BET a-VI-ha va-yir-E-hu a-VI han-na-a-RA va-yis-MAKH lik-ra-TO
Exegesis
The construct phrase wə-ṣe-med ḥă-mō-rîm {וְצֶמֶד חֲמֹרִ֑ים | wə-ṣe-med ḥă-mō-rîm} ‘and a pair of donkeys’ specifies means of travel.
In context — Judges 19:3
Then her husband arose and went after her to speak to her heart , to bring her back, accompanied by his servant and a pair of donkeys. She led him into her father’s house, and when the father of the young woman saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 19:3, so the Hebrew word חֲמֹרִ֑ים (khamorim) 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.19.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.3.W12.S1) and character.