1 Samuel 14:5:61 Sam.14.5.W6TAB
מִכְמָ֑שׂ
mikmash
“Michmash”
- Transliteration
- mik-MASH
- Extended
- mihk-MAASH
- IPA
- /mixˈmaːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Michmash
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-MASH
- phraseyour reading level
MUL mik-MASH
- clause
ha-SHEN ha-e-KHAD ma-TSUK mi-tsa-FON MUL mik-MASH
- sentence
ha-SHEN ha-e-KHAD ma-TSUK mi-tsa-FON MUL mik-MASH ve-ha-e-KHAD mi-NE-gev MUL ga-VA
Exegesis
Each clause presents the definite noun phrase ha-shen ha-echad {הַשֵּׁן הָאֶחָד | haš-šên hā’êḥād} ‘the one cliff’, followed by the directional prepositional phrase mi-tsafon {מִצָּפוֹן | miṣ-ṣā-pōn} ‘from the north’ or mi-negev {מִנֶּגֶב | min-né-gev} ‘from the south’, and the relational preposition mul {מ֣וּל | mūl} ‘opposite’ plus the place name Mikhmash {מִכְמָשׂ | mi-khmāš} or Geba {גְּבַע | ge-ḇa‘}. This mirroring of structure underscores the symmetrical positioning of the two cliffs. Maintaining the NP + PP + PP sequence in translation preserves the balanced spatial description.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:5
The one cliff was steep to the north, facing Michmash, and the other was to the south, facing Geba.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 14:5, so the Hebrew word מִכְמָ֑שׂ (mikmash) 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.14.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.5.W6.S1) and character.