Judges 14:10:7Judg.14.10.W7TAB
מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה
mishte
“a feast”
- Transliteration
- mish-TE
- Extended
- mihsh-TEH
- IPA
- /miʃˈtɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a feast
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-TE
- clause
va-ya-AS SHAM shim-SHON mish-TE KI KEN ya-a-SU ha-ba-khu-RIM
- sentence
va-YE-red a-vi-HU el-ha-i-SHA va-ya-AS SHAM shim-SHON mish-TE KI KEN ya-a-SU ha-ba-khu-RIM
Exegesis
The next vav-consecutive imperfect wayyaʿăś {וַיַּעַשׂ | wayyaʿăś} 'and he made' introduces a new event, followed by the locative adverb šām {שָׁם | šām} 'there' and the topical proper noun šimshōn {שִׁמְשׁוֹן | šimshōn} 'Samson', which precedes its object mištéh {מִשְׁתֶּה | mištéh} 'feast' for emphasis.
Root and etymology
sh-t-hshin–tav–heh
“banquet”
In context — Judges 14:10
So his father went down to the woman, and Samson held a feast there, for this was customary among the bachurim .
About this coordinate
Judges 14:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 14:10, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה (mishte) 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.14.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.10.W7.S1) and character.