1 Samuel 14:15:61 Sam.14.15.W6TAB

הַמַּצָּב֙

hammatsav

the garrison

Transliteration
ha-mma-TSAV
Extended
hah-mmah-TSAAV
IPA
/ham.matˈtsaːv/

Meaning by language

English
the garrison

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + מַּ + צָּב֙
ha + mma + tsav
hammatsav

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-mma-TSAV

  2. clause

    va-te-HI kha-ra-DA va-ma-kha-NE va-sa-DE u-ve-KHOL-ha-AM ha-mma-TSAV ve-ha-mma-shi-KHIT khar-DU gam-HE-ma

  3. sentence

    va-te-HI kha-ra-DA va-ma-kha-NE va-sa-DE u-ve-KHOL-ha-AM ha-mma-TSAV ve-ha-mma-shi-KHIT khar-DU gam-HE-ma va-tir-GAZ ha-A-rets va-te-HI le-kher-DAT e-lo-HIM

Exegesis

The coordinated subjects hamatzav {הַמַּצָּב֙ | ham-maṣ-ṣāv} ‘the outpost’ and vehammashchit {וְהַמַּשְׁחִית | wə-hammash-ḥît} ‘and the raiders’ then undergo chardeu {חָרְדוּ֖ | ḥār-ḏū} ‘they trembled’, with gamhemmah {גַּם־הֵ֑מָּה | gam-hem-māh} ‘also they’ indicating inclusion.

Root and etymology

ṣ-b-btsade–bet–bet

to set up, station

In context1 Samuel 14:15

And panic came upon the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The outpost and the raiders trembled as well; the earth shook, and it became a panic from God .

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 14:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 14:15, so the Hebrew word הַמַּצָּב֙ (hammatsav) 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.14.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.15.W6.S1) and character.