Judges 20:39:5Judg.20.39.W5TAB

הֵחֵל֩

hekhel

began

Transliteration
he-KHEL
Extended
hee-KHEEL
IPA
/heːˈħeːl/

Meaning by language

English
began

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Result
הֵ + חֵל֩
he + khel
hekhel

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    he-KHEL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    he-KHEL le-ha-KOT kha-la-LIM be-ish-yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    u-vin-ya-MIN he-KHEL le-ha-KOT kha-la-LIM be-ish-yis-ra-EL ki-she-lo-SHIM ISH KI a-me-RU AKH ni-GOF ni-GAF HU le-fa-NE-nu ka-mil-kha-MA ha-ri-sho-NA

  4. sentence

    va-ya-ha-FO-kh ish-yis-ra-EL ba-mil-kha-MA u-vin-ya-MIN he-KHEL le-ha-KOT kha-la-LIM be-ish-yis-ra-EL ki-she-lo-SHIM ISH KI a-me-RU AKH ni-GOF ni-GAF HU le-fa-NE-nu ka-mil-kha-MA ha-ri-sho-NA

In contextJudges 20:39

And the men of Israel turned in the battle , and Benjamin began to strike down the slain among them, about thirty men, for they said, “Surely, they are utterly defeated before us, as in the first battle.”

About this coordinate

Judges 20:39:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 20:39, so the Hebrew word הֵחֵל֩ (hekhel) 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.20.39.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.39.W5.S1) and character.