1 Samuel 14:1:111 Sam.14.1.W11TAB
אֶל־מַצַּ֣ב
elmatsav
“to the garrison or the outpost”
- Transliteration
- el-ma-TSAV
- Extended
- ehl-mah-TSAAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.matˈtsav/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the garrison or the outpost
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
el-ma-TSAV
- phraseyour reading level
el-ma-TSAV pe-li-SHTIM
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-YOM va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN ben-sha-UL el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ber-RA el-ma-TSAV pe-li-SHTIM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-LAZ
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-YOM va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN ben-sha-UL el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ber-RA el-ma-TSAV pe-li-SHTIM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-LAZ u-le-a-VIV LO hi-GID
Exegesis
Motion is directed toward ʾel maṣṣāb pəlišitm {אֶל־מַצַּ֣ב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | ʾel maṣ-sā̆b pə-li-šî-tîm} ‘to the Philistine outpost’, with the relative clause ʾăšer mêʿêber hal-lāz {אֲשֶׁ֖ר מֵעֵ֣בֶר הַלָּ֑ז | ʾă-šer mê-ʿê-ber hal-lā̆z} ‘which is beyond here’ marking location.
Root and etymology
ṣ-b-btsade–bet–bet
“to set up, station”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:1
And it happened on a certain day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man bearing his weapons, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of the Philistines that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 14:1, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מַצַּ֣ב (elmatsav) 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 1 Sam.14.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.1.W11.S1) and character.