Judges 19:30:4Judg.19.30.W4TAB
לֹֽא־נִהְיְתָ֤ה
loniheyeta
“not has it happened”
- Transliteration
- lo-ni-he-ye-TA
- Extended
- loh-nih-heh-yeh-TAA
- IPA
- /loː.nih.jəˈθaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not has it happened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lo-ni-he-ye-TA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ni-he-ye-TA ve-lo-nir-a-TA
- clause
ve-ha-YA khol-ha-ro-E ve-a-MAR lo-ni-he-ye-TA ve-lo-nir-a-TA ka-ZOT le-mi-YOM a-loT be-NE-yi-sra-EL me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
ve-ha-YA khol-ha-ro-E ve-a-MAR lo-ni-he-ye-TA ve-lo-nir-a-TA ka-ZOT le-mi-YOM a-loT be-NE-yi-sra-EL me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE si-MU-la-KHEM a-le-HA u-TSU ve-dab-BE-ru
Exegesis
The paired negatives lo-nihyetah {לֹא־נִהְיְתָ֤ה | lō-nîh-ye-ṯāh} and ve-lo-nir’atah {וְלֹא־נִרְאֲתָה֙ | wə-lō-nir-’ă-ṯāh} form an emphatic double negation expressing that the event is unprecedented.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to become, happen”
In context — Judges 19:30
And it came to pass that everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen since the day the sons of Israel went up from the land of Egypt until this day. Give careful counsel , and speak out.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 19:30, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־נִהְיְתָ֤ה (loniheyeta) 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.19.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.30.W4.S1) and character.