Judges 20:4:3Judg.20.4.W3TAB
הַלֵּוִ֗י
halevi
“the Levite”
- Transliteration
- ha-le-VI
- Extended
- hah-lee-VEE
- IPA
- /hal.leːˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Levite
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ha-le-VI
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ISH ha-le-VI
- clause
va-ya-AN ha-ISH ha-le-VI ISH ha-i-SHA ha-nir-tsa-KHA va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-ya-AN ha-ISH ha-le-VI ISH ha-i-SHA ha-nir-tsa-KHA va-yo-MAR ha-giv-a-TA a-SHER le-vin-ya-MIN ba-TI a-NI u-fi-lag-SHI la-LUN
Exegesis
The narrative uses the waw-consecutive wayya‘an {וַיַּ֜עַן | wayya‘an} “and he answered” followed by an appositional subject chain ha-’îš ha-lēwî {הָאִ֣ישׁ הַלֵּוִ֗י | ha-’îš ha-lēwî} “the man, the Levite,” then the participial phrase ū-pîlāgšî ha-niṛṣāḥâ {וּפִֽילַגְשִׁי הַנִּרְצָחָה | ū-pîlāgšî ha-niṛṣāḥâ} “and my concubine, the murdered woman.”
Root and etymology
l-w-ylamed–vav–yod
“join, attach”
In context — Judges 20:4
And the Levite , the husband of the murdered woman, answered and said, “My concubine and I came to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, to lodge .”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:4, so the Hebrew word הַלֵּוִ֗י (halevi) 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.20.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.4.W3.S1) and character.