Judges 14:4:14Judg.14.4.W14TAB
מֹשְׁלִ֥ים
moshelim
“ruling”
- Transliteration
- mo-she-LIM
- Extended
- moh-sheh-LEEM
- IPA
- /moːʃəˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- ruling
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
mo-she-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
mo-she-LIM be-yis-ra-EL
- clause
u-va-ET ha-HI pe-lish-TIM mo-she-LIM be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-a-VIV ve-i-MO LO ya-de-U KI me-ye-ho-VAH HI ki-TO-a-na HU-me-vak-KESH mip-pe-lish-TIM u-va-ET ha-HI pe-lish-TIM mo-she-LIM be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Finally, the participle mōšəlîm {מֹשְׁלִים | mō-šə-lîm} ‘ruling’ with Plištîm {פְּלִשְׁתִּים | Plištîm} as subject and bə-Yisra’ēl {בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל | bə-yis-rā-’ēl} ‘over Israel’ completes the narrative. In English translation, the causal clauses are rendered “for” (formal) and “since” (dynamic), participles receive progressive aspect (“was seeking,” “were ruling”), and the temporal phrase is preserved as “at that time” to maintain the Hebrew flow and emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–shin–lamed
“to rule, govern”
In context — Judges 14:4
But his father and his mother did not know that it was from the LORD , for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines; and at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 14:4, so the Hebrew word מֹשְׁלִ֥ים (moshelim) 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.14.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.4.W14.S1) and character.