Judges 17:4:6Judg.17.4.W6TAB
מָאתַ֨יִם
matayim
“two hundred”
- Transliteration
- ma-TA-yim
- Extended
- maa-TAH-yihm
- IPA
- /maːˈta.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- two hundred
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ma-TA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef
- clause
va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef va-tit-te-NE-hu la-tso-REF va-ya-a-SE-hu PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA va-ye-HI be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-ha-KE-sef le-im-MO va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef va-tit-te-NE-hu la-tso-REF va-ya-a-SE-hu PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA va-ye-HI be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu
Exegesis
The dual numeral maatayim {מָאתַ֨יִם | māʿattayīm} precisely quantifies kesef {כֶּ֜סֶף | keśeph}.
In context — Judges 17:4
So he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a cast idol. And it was in the house of Micah .
About this coordinate
Judges 17:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 17:4, so the Hebrew word מָאתַ֨יִם (matayim) 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.17.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.4.W6.S1) and character.