Judges 17:3:15Judg.17.3.W15TAB
וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה
umassekha
“and a metal image”
- Transliteration
- u-mas-se-KHA
- Extended
- oo-mahs-seh-KHAA
- IPA
- /uːmas.seːˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a metal image
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-mas-se-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA
- clause
va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef le-i-MO va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
Exegesis
The purpose clause laʿăšôt peseḷ wəmassekāh {לַעֲשׂוֹת פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה | laʿăšôt peseḷ wəmassekāh} “to make an image and a cast figure” uses an infinitive construct.
Root and etymology
n-s-kn-s-k
“to pour, cast”
In context — Judges 17:3
And he returned the one thousand one hundred pieces of silver to his mother. Then his mother said, “Dedicating I have dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son to make an image and a cast idol. Now I will return it to you.”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Judges 17:3, so the Hebrew word וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה (umassekha) 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.17.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.3.W15.S1) and character.