Judges 14:19:6Judg.14.19.W6TAB
אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן
ashkelon
“to Ashkelon”
- Transliteration
- ash-ke-LON
- Extended
- ahsh-keh-LOHN
- IPA
- /ʔaʃ.qəˈloːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Ashkelon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ash-ke-LON
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-red ash-ke-LON
- clause
va-tits-LAKH a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH va-YE-red ash-ke-LON va-YAKH me-HEM she-lo-SHIM ISH va-yik-KAKH et-kha-li-tso-TAM va-yit-TEN ha-kha-li-FOT le-ma-gi-DE ha-khi-DA
- sentence
va-tits-LAKH a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH va-YE-red ash-ke-LON va-YAKH me-HEM she-lo-SHIM ISH va-yik-KAKH et-kha-li-tso-TAM va-yit-TEN ha-kha-li-FOT le-ma-gi-DE ha-khi-DA va-yi-KHAR A-po va-ya-AL BET a-VI-hu
In context — Judges 14:19
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck down thirty men from among them. He took their spoil and their garments, and he gave the changes of clothing to those who explained the riddle. Then his anger burned, and he went up to his father’s house.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 14:19, so the Hebrew word אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן (ashkelon) 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.14.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.19.W6.S1) and character.