Judges 19:9:16Judg.19.9.W16TAB
לַעֲרֹ֗ב
laarov
“toward evening”
- Transliteration
- la-a-ROV
- Extended
- lah-ah-ROHV
- IPA
- /la.ʕăˈroːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward evening
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
la-a-ROV
- clause
va-YO-mer LO kho-ten-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA hi-NE NA ra-FA ha-YOM la-a-ROV li-NU-NA hi-NE kha-NOT ha-YOM LIN PO ve-yi-TAV le-va-VE-kha ve-hish-ka-MTEM ma-KHAR le-dar-ke-KHEM ve-ha-lakh-TA le-o-HA-le-kha
- sentence
va-YA-kam ha-ISH la-LE-khet HU u-pi-lag-SHO ve-na-a-RO va-YO-mer LO kho-ten-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA hi-NE NA ra-FA ha-YOM la-a-ROV li-NU-NA hi-NE kha-NOT ha-YOM LIN PO ve-yi-TAV le-va-VE-kha ve-hish-ka-MTEM ma-KHAR le-dar-ke-KHEM ve-ha-lakh-TA le-o-HA-le-kha
Exegesis
The entreaty particles hinneh na {הִנֵּ֣ה נָא | hinnēh nā} ‘behold, please’ lead into the temporal clause rapha hayom la’arov {רָפָ֨ה הַיּ֜וֹם לַעֲרֹ֗ב | rāphāh hayyôm la‘āroḇ} ‘the day has slackened toward evening,’ creating urgency.
In context — Judges 19:9
And the man rose up to go—he, his concubine, and his servant. But his father-in-law, the father of the girl, said to him, “Behold, please, the day has grown slack toward evening. Please spend the night; behold, the day is ending. Stay here and it will be well with your heart . In the morning you shall rise early for your journey, and you may go to your tent.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:9:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Judges 19:9, so the Hebrew word לַעֲרֹ֗ב (laarov) 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.19.9.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.9.W16.S1) and character.