Judges 17:5:7Judg.17.5.W7TAB
אֵפוֹד֙
efod
“an ephod”
- Transliteration
- e-FOD
- Extended
- ee-FOHD
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈfoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- an ephod
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-FOD
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS e-FOD
- clause
va-ya-AS e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM va-ye-ma-LE ET-YAD a-KHAD mi-ba-NAV va-ye-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
- sentence
ve-ha-ISH mi-KHA LO BET e-lo-HIM va-ya-AS e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM va-ye-ma-LE ET-YAD a-KHAD mi-ba-NAV va-ye-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive verb vayaas {וַיַּעַשׂ | way-ya-ʿăṣ} ‘and he made’ governs a coordinated direct object composed of two cultic items: ephod {אֵפוֹד | ʾê-p̄ōḏ} ‘ephod’ and terap̄im {וּתְרָפִים | wə-tə-rā-p̄îm} ‘household idols’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-p-d
“priestly vestment”
In context — Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had a house of gods , and he made an ephod and household gods, and he consecrated the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 17:5, so the Hebrew word אֵפוֹד֙ (efod) 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.17.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.5.W7.S1) and character.