1 Samuel 14:11:31 Sam.14.11.W3TAB
אֶל־מַצַּ֖ב
elmatsav
“to the stationed group of”
- Transliteration
- el-ma-TSAV
- Extended
- ehl-mah-TSAAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.matˈtsaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the stationed group of
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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ma-TSAV
- clause
va-yig-ga-LU she-NEI-hem el-ma-TSAV pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-yig-ga-LU she-NEI-hem el-ma-TSAV pe-lish-TIM va-yo-me-RU pe-lish-TIM hi-NE iv-rim yo-tse-IM min-ha-kho-RIM a-SHER hit-kha-be-U-SHAM
Exegesis
The direction el-matzav pelishtim {אֶל־מַצַּב פְּלִשְׁתִּים | ʾel-maṭṣav pəlištîm} situates them at the Philistine guard post.
Root and etymology
ṣ-b-btsade–bet–bet
“to set up, station”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:11
Then the two of them revealed themselves to the Philistine outpost, and the Philistines said, “Behold, Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they had hidden .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:11, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מַצַּ֖ב (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.14.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.11.W3.S1) and character.