Judges 20:39:7Judg.20.39.W7TAB
חֲלָלִ֤ים
khalalim
“slain ones”
- Transliteration
- kha-la-LIM
- Extended
- khah-laa-LEEM
- IPA
- /ħălɔːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- slain ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-la-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
he-KHEL le-ha-KOT kha-la-LIM be-ish-yis-ra-EL
- 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
- 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
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-lchet–lamed–lamed
“to pierce, be slain”
In context — Judges 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 20:39:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:39, so the Hebrew word חֲלָלִ֤ים (khalalim) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.39.W7.S1) and character.