Judges 20:6:3Judg.20.6.W3TAB
וָֽאֲנַתְּחֶ֔הָ
vaanattekheha
“and I cut her into pieces”
- Transliteration
- va-a-nat-te-KHE-ha
- Extended
- vaa-ah-naht-teh-KHEH-haa
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔă.nat.təˈħɛ.haː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I cut her into pieces
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-nat-te-KHE-ha
- clause
va-o-KHEZ be-fi-lag-SHI va-a-nat-te-KHE-ha va-a-shal-le-KHE-ha be-KHOL-se-DE na-kha-LAT yis-re-a-EL
- sentence
va-o-KHEZ be-fi-lag-SHI va-a-nat-te-KHE-ha va-a-shal-le-KHE-ha be-KHOL-se-DE na-kha-LAT yis-re-a-EL KI a-SU zim-MA u-ne-va-LA be-yis-re-a-EL
Exegesis
The verse employs a series of vav-consecutive verbs: va’ochez {וָֽאֹחֵ֤ז | wā’ō-ḵēz} ‘and I took hold’, va’anatcheha {וָֽאֲנַתְּחֶ֔הָ | wā’ănat-te-ḥeh-hā} ‘and I cut her in pieces’, va’ashalcheha {וֽ͏ָאֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔הָ | wā’ăšal-le-ḥeh-hā} ‘and I sent her’, conveying a rapid succession of the speaker’s actions.
In context — Judges 20:6
And I seized my concubine and dismembered her, and sent her throughout every territory of Israel's inheritance, because they committed lewdness and disgrace in Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:6, so the Hebrew word וָֽאֲנַתְּחֶ֔הָ (vaanattekheha) 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.20.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.6.W3.S1) and character.