Psalm 18:40:3Ps.18.40.W3TABWLC Psalms 18:41
לְעֹ֣רֶף
leoref
“as a back”
- Transliteration
- le-O-ref
- Extended
- leh-OH-ref
- IPA
- /ləˈʕoːrɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a back
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-O-ref
- sentence
ve-OY-vaI na-TA-ta le-O-ref LI u-me-sa-ne-AI ats-mi-TEM
Exegesis
The beneficiary li {לִּי | li} precedes oref {עֹרֶף | ʿō-rep̄}, “neck,” an idiom of submission.
Root and etymology
ע־ר־ף
“neck”
In context — Psalm 18:40
And You gave me the neck of my enemies, and You destroyed those who hated me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:40:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 18:40, so the Hebrew word לְעֹ֣רֶף (leoref) 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 Ps.18.40.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.40.W3.S1) and character.