1 Samuel 14:6:81 Sam.14.6.W8TAB
אֶל־מַצַּב֙
elmattsav
“to the garrison”
- Transliteration
- el-mat-TSAV
- Extended
- ehl-maht-TSAAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.matˈtṣaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the garrison
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-mat-TSAV
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-na-TAN el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ve-RA el-mat-TSAV ha-a-re-LIM ha-E-le u-LAI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH LA-nu
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-na-TAN el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ve-RA el-mat-TSAV ha-a-re-LIM ha-E-le u-LAI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH LA-nu KI EN la-ye-ho-VAH ma-e-TSOR le-ho-shi-A be-RAV O vim-e-AT
Exegesis
The phrase el maẓzāv hāʿărēlîm hāʾēlleh {אֶל־מַצַּב֙ הָעֲרֵלִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה | el maẓzāv hāʿărēlîm hāʾēlleh} situates the action at the Philistine outpost, using “uncircumcised ones” to mark covenantal otherness.
Root and etymology
ṣ-b-btsade–bet–bet
“to set up, station”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:6
And Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work for us, for no restraint can prevent Him from saving by many or by few.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 14:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מַצַּב֙ (elmattsav) 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.14.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.6.W8.S1) and character.