Judges 21:11:9Judg.21.11.W9TAB
תַּחֲרִֽימוּ׃
takharimu
“you shall devote to destruction”
- Transliteration
- ta-kha-ri-MU
- Extended
- tah-khah-rih-MOO
- IPA
- /taħ.ʕăriˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall devote to destruction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-kha-ri-MU
- clause
kol-za-KHAR ve-kol-i-SHA yo-DA-at mish-kav-za-KHAR ta-kha-ri-MU
- sentence
ve-ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ta-a-SU kol-za-KHAR ve-kol-i-SHA yo-DA-at mish-kav-za-KHAR ta-kha-ri-MU
Exegesis
The hiphil imperfect tacharimu {תַּחֲרִימוּ | ta-ḥă-rî-mū} conveys a causative injunction of complete destruction. The English rendering front-loads the directive and uses precise terms to reflect the Hebrew legal severity.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-mChet, Resh, Mem
“to ban, devote”
In context — Judges 21:11
And this is the thing that you shall do: Every male and every woman who has known the lying with a male, you shall destroy .
About this coordinate
Judges 21:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 21:11, so the Hebrew word תַּחֲרִֽימוּ׃ (takharimu) 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.21.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.11.W9.S1) and character.