Judges 20:43:3Judg.20.43.W3TAB
הִרְדִיפֻ֔הוּ
hirdifuhu
“they pursued him”
- Transliteration
- hir-di-FU-hu
- Extended
- hih-reh-dih-FU-oo
- IPA
- /hir.diˈfuː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they pursued him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| 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
hir-di-FU-hu
- clause
kit-te-RU et-bin-ya-MIN hir-di-FU-hu me-nu-KHA hid-ri-KHU-hu
- sentence
kit-te-RU et-bin-ya-MIN hir-di-FU-hu me-nu-KHA hid-ri-KHU-hu AD NO-khakh ha-giv-A mim-miz-RAKH-sha-MESH
Exegesis
The successive Hiphil verbs hirdifu-hu {הִרְדִיפֻהוּ | hir·dî·pû·hû} “they pursued him” and hidrikhuhu {הִדְרִיכֻהוּ | hid·rî·ḵû·hû} “they trampled him down” intensify the chase.
In context — Judges 20:43
They surrounded Binyamin and pursued him. From Menuchah they trampled him down until opposite Givah toward the sunrise .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:43:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:43, so the Hebrew word הִרְדִיפֻ֔הוּ (hirdifuhu) 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.20.43.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.43.W3.S1) and character.