Judges 20:3:11Judg.20.3.W11TAB
אֵיכָ֥ה
ekha
“how”
- Transliteration
- e-KHA
- Extended
- ee-KHAH
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- how
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
e-KHA nih-ye-TA
- clause
va-yo-me-RU be-NE yis-ra-EL dab-be-RU e-KHA nih-ye-TA ha-ra-A haz-ZOT
- sentence
va-yish-me-U be-NE bin-ya-MIN ki-a-LU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL ham-mits-PA va-yo-me-RU be-NE yis-ra-EL dab-be-RU e-KHA nih-ye-TA ha-ra-A haz-ZOT
Exegesis
The Piel imperative dab-bə-rû {דַּבְּרוּ | dab-bə-rû} issues an urgent command, immediately followed by the interrogative ēi-khāh {אֵיכָ֥ה | ēi-khāh} and the Nifal perfect nih-ye-tāh {נִהְיְתָה | nih-ye-tāh} forming the core of the inquiry.
In context — Judges 20:3
And the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah . Then the sons of Israel said, “Speak! How did this evil take place?”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 20:3, so the Hebrew word אֵיכָ֥ה (ekha) 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.20.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.3.W11.S1) and character.