Judges 21:17:5Judg.21.17.W5TAB
וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה
veloyimakheh
“and not may he be wiped out”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-yi-MA-kheh
- Extended
- veh-loh-yih-MAA-kheh
- IPA
- /vəlɔː.jimːaːˈħɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not may he be wiped out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-yi-MA-kheh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-yi-MA-kheh SHE-vet
- clause
ve-lo-yi-MA-kheh SHE-vet mi-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ye-rush-SHAT pe-lei-TA le-vin-ya-MIN ve-lo-yi-MA-kheh SHE-vet mi-yis-ra-EL
In context — Judges 21:17
And they said, “An inheritance must remain for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 21:17, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה (veloyimakheh) 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.21.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.17.W5.S1) and character.