א֣וֹיְבֵ֔/נוּ
𐤀𐤅𐤉𐤁/𐤍𐤅
ʼôyêb
our enemy
An adversary or enemy, specifically one who bears enmity or hostility toward another individual or group. The term encompasses both personal and collective opposition, often referring to enemies in armed conflict, but also extending to any context of antagonism or active opposition. In the Hebrew Bible, it designates those opposed to individuals (e.g., David's personal enemies), to the people as a group (Israelites' national foes), or, metaphorically, to abstract or cosmic adversaries.
Judges 16:24 · Word #13
Lexicon H341
| Lemma | אֹיֵב |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤀𐤉𐤁 |
| Transliteration | ʼôyêb |
| Strong's | H341 |
| Definition | An adversary or enemy, specifically one who bears enmity or hostility toward another individual or group. The term encompasses both personal and collective opposition, often referring to enemies in armed conflict, but also extending to any context of antagonism or active opposition. In the Hebrew Bible, it designates those opposed to individuals (e.g., David's personal enemies), to the people as a group (Israelites' national foes), or, metaphorically, to abstract or cosmic adversaries. |
Morphology HVqrmsc/Sp1cp
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
Common Translation
| Phrase | our enemy |
SIBI-P1 Translation H341-24
our hostile one
| Morphological Notes | Qal active participle masculine singular in construct with 1st person common plural pronominal suffix |
| Rendering Rationale | The form אֹיֵב is the Qal active participle meaning "one who is hostile" or "enemy," functioning nominally. The 1st person common plural suffix נוּ adds "our," yielding "our hostile one," preserving both the participial sense and the pronominal suffix. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
our enemy
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | 'Our hostile one' is overly literal and rare in English; 'our enemy' is the contextually expected term for אוֹיֵב. |