Judges 20:16:8Judg.20.16.W8TAB
אִטֵּ֖ר
iter
“hindered”
- Transliteration
- i-TER
- Extended
- ih-TEER
- IPA
- /ʔitˈtʼeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- hindered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
i-TER
- clause
mi-KOL ha-AM ha-ZEH she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR i-TER yad-ye-mi-NO
- sentence
mi-KOL ha-AM ha-ZEH she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR i-TER yad-ye-mi-NO kal-ZEH ko-LE-a ba-E-ven el-ha-sa-a-RA ve-LO ya-kha-TI
Exegesis
The participial phrases ish ba·ḥōr {אִישׁ בָּחוּר | ʾîš bā-ḥûr} and iṭṭēr yad·ye·mīnô {אִטֵּר יַד־יְמִינ֑וֹ | ʾiṭ·ṭêr yad yə-mî-nō} describe men chosen for skill and handedness.
Root and etymology
א־ט־ר
“to be left-handed”
In context — Judges 20:16
From all these people there were seven hundred select men who were left-handed; each could sling a stone at a single hair and still not fail.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 20:16, so the Hebrew word אִטֵּ֖ר (iter) 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.20.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.16.W8.S1) and character.