Judges 21:16:7Judg.21.16.W7TAB
כִּֽי־נִשְׁמְדָ֥ה
kinishmeda
“for has been destroyed”
- Transliteration
- ki-nish-me-DA
- Extended
- KEE-nish-meh-DAA
- IPA
- /kiː.niʃ.məˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for has been destroyed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-nish-me-DA
- phraseyour reading level
ki-nish-me-DA mib-bin-ya-MIN
- clause
ki-nish-me-DA mib-bin-ya-MIN i-SHA
- 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 conjunction kî {כִּֽי־ | kî} introduces the causal clause with the Niphal perfect nishmĕḏāh {נִשְׁמְדָה | nišmĕḏāh} ‘has been destroyed,’ indicating completed action with ongoing effect.
Root and etymology
š-m-dš-m-d
“to destroy”
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 21:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 21:16, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־נִשְׁמְדָ֥ה (kinishmeda) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.16.W7.S1) and character.