Judges 20:42:8Judg.20.42.W8TAB
הִדְבִּיקָ֑תְהוּ
hidbikatehu
“overtook him”
- Transliteration
- hid-bi-ka-TE-hu
- Extended
- hihd-bih-kaa-TEH-hoo
- IPA
- /hid.biː.qaːˈtɛ.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- overtook him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hid-bi-ka-TE-hu
- clause
va-yif-NU lif-NEI ISH yis-ra-EL el-DE-rekh ha-mid-BAR ve-ha-mil-kha-MA hid-bi-ka-TE-hu
- sentence
va-yif-NU lif-NEI ISH yis-ra-EL el-DE-rekh ha-mid-BAR ve-ha-mil-kha-MA hid-bi-ka-TE-hu va-a-SHER me-he-rim mash-khi-TIM o-TO be-to-KHO
Exegesis
The definite noun vehamilchamah {וְהַמִּלְחָמָה | wǝ-hammilḥāmāh} ‘the battle’ is personified by the Hifil perfect hidbikathu {הִדְבִּיקָתְהוּ | hidbəqāṯehû} ‘overtook him’, creating vivid pursuit imagery.
In context — Judges 20:42
And they turned before the men of Israel toward the road to the wilderness, and the battle overtook them, and those who came from the cities were destroying them in their midst.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:42:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 20:42, so the Hebrew word הִדְבִּיקָ֑תְהוּ (hidbikatehu) 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.20.42.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.42.W8.S1) and character.