Judges 20:34:10Judg.20.34.W10TAB
כָּבֵ֑דָה
kaveda
“was heavy”
- Transliteration
- ka-ve-DA
- Extended
- kaa-veh-DAA
- IPA
- /kaːvɛˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was heavy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ka-ve-DA
- clause
va-yo-VU mi-NE-ged la-giv-A a-se-RET a-la-FIM ISH ba-KHUR mi-kol-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-mil-kha-MA ka-ve-DA
- sentence
va-yo-VU mi-NE-ged la-giv-A a-se-RET a-la-FIM ISH ba-KHUR mi-kol-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-mil-kha-MA ka-ve-DA ve-HEM LO ya-de-U ki-no-GA-at a-le-HEM ha-ra-A
Exegesis
The conjunction we-hamilḥāmah kāvedah {וְהַמִּלְחָמָה כָּבֵדָה | we-ham-mil-ḥā-māh kā-ve-dāh} ‘and the battle was heavy’ uses a nominal predicate with vav to intensify combat imagery.
Root and etymology
כ־ב־ד
“heavy, weighty”
In context — Judges 20:34
Ten thousand chosen men from all Israel came against Gibeah , and the battle was heavy . They did not know that disaster was reaching upon them.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:34:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 20:34, so the Hebrew word כָּבֵ֑דָה (kaveda) 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.20.34.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.34.W10.S1) and character.