1 Samuel 14:4:71 Sam.14.4.W7TAB
עַל־מַצַּ֣ב
almatsav
“to the garrison or post of”
- Transliteration
- al-ma-TSAV
- Extended
- ahl-mah-TSAV
- IPA
- /ʕal.matˈtsav/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the garrison or post of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
al-ma-TSAV
- phraseyour reading level
al-ma-TSAV pe-lish-TIM
- clause
u-VEIN ham-ma-VE-rot a-SHER bik-KESH yo-na-TAN la-a-VOR al-ma-TSAV pe-lish-TIM shen-has-SE-la me-ha-E-ver miz-ZE ve-shen-has-SE-la me-ha-E-ver miz-ZE
- sentence
u-VEIN ham-ma-VE-rot a-SHER bik-KESH yo-na-TAN la-a-VOR al-ma-TSAV pe-lish-TIM shen-has-SE-la me-ha-E-ver miz-ZE ve-shen-has-SE-la me-ha-E-ver miz-ZE ve-SHEM ha-e-KHAD bo-TSETS ve-SHEM ha-e-KHAD SE-ne
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ introduces the clause describing Jonathan’s intent, where the verb bikesh {בִּקֵּ֤שׁ | bik-keš} ‘sought’ with the infinitive construct la‘avor {לַֽעֲבֹר֙ | la-‘ā-vōr} ‘to cross’ and the preposition al-matsev {עַל־מַצַּ֣ב | ʿal-maṭ-ṣēb} ‘over the outpost’ governs the proper noun Pelishtim {פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | Pe-lish-tīm} ‘Philistines’ as its object.
Root and etymology
ṣ-b-btsade–bet–bet
“to set up, station”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:4
And between the passes that Jonathan sought to cross to the Philistine outpost, there was a rock promontory on one side and another on the other; the one was called Bozez, and the other was called Seneh.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 14:4, so the Hebrew word עַל־מַצַּ֣ב (almatsav) 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.14.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.4.W7.S1) and character.