Judges 14:3:14Judg.14.3.W14TAB
מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים
mipelishtim
“from the Philistines”
- Transliteration
- mi-pe-lish-TIM
- Extended
- mih-peh-lihsh-TEEM
- IPA
- /mip.lɪʃˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the Philistines
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-pe-lish-TIM
- clause
va-yo-MER LO a-VIV ve-i-MO ha-EN biv-NOT a-KHE-kha u-ve-KHOL-a-MI i-SHA ki-a-TA ho-LEKH la-KHA-khat i-SHA mi-pe-lish-TIM ha-a-re-LIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO a-VIV ve-i-MO ha-EN biv-NOT a-KHE-kha u-ve-KHOL-a-MI i-SHA ki-a-TA ho-LEKH la-KHA-khat i-SHA mi-pe-lish-TIM ha-a-re-LIM va-yo-MER shim-SHON el-a-VIV o-TA kakh-LI ki-hi yash-RA ve-e-NAI
Exegesis
The designation mi-plîšṯîm hā‘ărēlîm {מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים הָעֲרֵלִ֑ים | mi-plîšṯîm hā‘ărēlîm} ‘from the uncircumcised Philistines’ marks an ethnocultural boundary.
Root and etymology
p-l-shpe–lamed–shin
“invaders”
In context — Judges 14:3
And his father and his mother said to him, “Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers or among all my people that you must go and take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Take her for me, for she is right in my eyes.”
About this coordinate
Judges 14:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 14:3, so the Hebrew word מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (mipelishtim) 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.14.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.3.W14.S1) and character.