Judges 13:18:7Judg.13.18.W7TAB
תִּשְׁאַ֣ל
tishal
“you ask”
- Transliteration
- tish-AL
- Extended
- tihsh-AL
- IPA
- /tiʃˈʔal/
Meaning by language
- English
- you ask
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
tish-AL
- phraseyour reading level
tish-AL lish-MI
- clause
va-YO-mer LO mal-EKH Ye-ho-VAH la-MA ZE tish-AL lish-MI
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO mal-EKH Ye-ho-VAH la-MA ZE tish-AL lish-MI ve-HU-pe-LI
Exegesis
The interrogative lamah zeh {לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה | lām māh zeh} ‘why this’ intensifies the question, followed by the imperfect verb tishʾal {תִּשְׁאַ֣ל | ṯišʾāl} marking ongoing inquiry.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–aleph–lamed
“ask”
In context — Judges 13:18
And the messenger of the LORD said to him, “Why do you ask for my name? For it is wonderful .”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 13:18, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁאַ֣ל (tishal) 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 Judg.13.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.18.W7.S1) and character.