Judges 18:1:10Judg.18.1.W10TAB
מְבַקֶּשׁ־ל֤וֹ
mevakkeshlo
“was seeking for itself”
- Transliteration
- me-vak-KESH-lo
- Extended
- meh-vahk-KESH-loh
- IPA
- /məvakˈkɛʃ.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was seeking for itself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
me-vak-KESH-lo
- phraseyour reading level
me-vak-KESH-lo na-kha-LA
- clause
u-va-ya-MIM ha-HEM SHE-vet ha-da-NI me-vak-KESH-lo na-kha-LA la-SHE-vet KI lo-NAF-la LO ad-ha-YOM ha-HU be-TOKH-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL be-na-kha-LA
- sentence
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM EN ME-lekh be-yis-ra-EL u-va-ya-MIM ha-HEM SHE-vet ha-da-NI me-vak-KESH-lo na-kha-LA la-SHE-vet KI lo-NAF-la LO ad-ha-YOM ha-HU be-TOKH-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL be-na-kha-LA
Exegesis
The linked clause ubayyamim {וּבַיָּמִים | ū-ba-yāmîm} ‘and in days’ parallels the first temporal frame, introducing the Piel participle mevaqqeslo {מְבַקֶּשׁ־לוֹ | mə-vaq-qēš-lō} ‘seeking for itself’, which conveys an ongoing action.
In context — Judges 18:1
In that era there was no king in Israel, and the Danite tribe was looking for its own inheritance to live in, because up to that time no inheritance had been assigned to them among the tribes of Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 18:1, so the Hebrew word מְבַקֶּשׁ־ל֤וֹ (mevakkeshlo) 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.18.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.1.W10.S1) and character.