Joshua 22:20:4Josh.22.20.W4TAB
מָ֤עַל
maal
“acted unfaithfully”
- Transliteration
- MA-al
- Extended
- MAA-al
- IPA
- /benˈzɛraχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- acted unfaithfully
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
MA-al
- phraseyour reading level
MA-al ma-AL
- clause
ha-LO a-KHAN ben-ZE-rakh MA-al ma-AL ba-KHE-rem ve-AL-KOL-a-DAT yis-ra-EL ha-YA KA-tsef
- sentence
ha-LO a-KHAN ben-ZE-rakh MA-al ma-AL ba-KHE-rem ve-AL-KOL-a-DAT yis-ra-EL ha-YA KA-tsef ve-HU ISH e-KHAD LO GA-va ba-a-vo-NO
Exegesis
The subject achan ben-zerach {עָכָ֣ן בֶּן־זֶ֗רַח | ʿăḥān bēn-zērāḥ} is followed by a cognate pair with maal {מָ֤עַל | māʿal} ‘acted unfaithfully’ and a parallel noun maal {מַ֙עַל֙ | māʿal} ‘trespass,’ intensifying the violation.
Root and etymology
m-ʿ-lm-ʿ-l
“to act unfaithfully, breach trust”
In context — Joshua 22:20
Was it not Achan son of Zerah who acted unfaithfully regarding the devoted thing, so that fierce anger fell on the whole assembly of Israel? He was only one man, yet he did not perish alone in his iniquity.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 22:20, so the Hebrew word מָ֤עַל (maal) 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 Josh.22.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.20.W4.S1) and character.