Judges 20:40:2Judg.20.40.W2TAB
הֵחֵ֛לָּה
hekhela
“began”
- Transliteration
- he-KHE-la
- Extended
- hee-KHEH-laa
- IPA
- /heːˈħeːl.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- began
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
he-KHE-la
- clause
ve-ham-ma-SE-et he-KHE-la la-a-LOT min-ha-IR a-MUD a-SHAN
- sentence
ve-ham-ma-SE-et he-KHE-la la-a-LOT min-ha-IR a-MUD a-SHAN va-yi-FEN bin-ya-MIN a-kha-RAV ve-hin-NE a-LA khe-lil-ha-IR ha-sha-MAI-ma
Exegesis
The Hiphil perfect hē-ḥē-lā {הֵחֵלָּה | hē-ḥē-lā} and infinitive construct la-ʿă-lôṯ {לַעֲלוֹת | la-ʿă-lôṯ} ‘began to ascend’ depict the initiation of motion.
In context — Judges 20:40
And the signal began to ascend from the city—a pillar of smoke—and Benjamin turned back, and behold, the whole city went up toward the heavens .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:40:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 20:40, so the Hebrew word הֵחֵ֛לָּה (hekhela) 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.20.40.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.40.W2.S1) and character.