Judges 21:16:2Judg.21.16.W2TAB
זִקְנֵ֣י
zikne
“elders of”
- Transliteration
- zik-NE
- Extended
- zik-NEE
- IPA
- /ziqˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- elders of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
zik-NE
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU zik-NE ha-e-DA
- clause
va-yo-me-RU zik-NE ha-e-DA ma-na-a-SE la-no-ta-RIM le-na-SHIM
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU zik-NE ha-e-DA ma-na-a-SE la-no-ta-RIM le-na-SHIM ki-nish-me-DA mib-bin-ya-MIN i-SHA
Exegesis
The subject phrase ziknei ha’edah {זִקְנֵי הָעֵדָה | ziqnê hāʾēḏāh} ‘elders of the assembly’ names the speakers.
Root and etymology
z-q-nz-q-n
“old, aged”
In context — Judges 21:16
And the elders said, “What shall we do for the survivors regarding wives, since a woman has been destroyed from Benjamin ?”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 21:16, so the Hebrew word זִקְנֵ֣י (zikne) 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.21.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.16.W2.S1) and character.