Judges 19:8:11Judg.19.8.W11TAB
וְהִֽתְמַהְמְה֖וּ
vehitmamamehu
“and delay”
- Transliteration
- ve-hit-ma-ma-ME-hu
- Extended
- veh-hihth-mah-mah-MEH-hoo
- IPA
- /vəhit.mah.məˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and delay
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-hit-ma-ma-ME-hu
- clause
va-yash-KEM ba-BO-ker ba-YOM ha-kha-mi-SHI la-LE-khet va-YO-mer a-VI ha-na-a-RA se-AD-na le-VAV-kha ve-hit-ma-ma-ME-hu ad-ne-TOT ha-YOM
- sentence
va-yash-KEM ba-BO-ker ba-YOM ha-kha-mi-SHI la-LE-khet va-YO-mer a-VI ha-na-a-RA se-AD-na le-VAV-kha ve-hit-ma-ma-ME-hu ad-ne-TOT ha-YOM va-YO-khe-lu she-NE-hem
Exegesis
The Hitpael imperative wəhitmahhêmû {וְהִֽתְמַהְמְה֖וּ | wəhitmahhêmû} ‘and delay yourselves’ conveys polite insistence.
In context — Judges 19:8
On the fifth day, he rose early in the morning to depart, but the father of the young woman said, “Please refresh your heart , and delay yourselves until the day inclines.” So the two of them ate together.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 19:8, so the Hebrew word וְהִֽתְמַהְמְה֖וּ (vehitmamamehu) 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.19.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.8.W11.S1) and character.