Judges 18:1:18Judg.18.1.W18TAB
בְּתוֹךְ־שִׁבְטֵ֥י
betokhshivte
“in the midst of the tribes of”
- Transliteration
- be-TOKH-shiv-TE
- Extended
- beh-TOHKH-shihv-TEE
- IPA
- /bəˈtoːx.ʃivˈtːeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the midst of the tribes of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-TOKH-shiv-TE
- phraseyour reading level
be-TOKH-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL
- 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 construct betokhshivtei {בְּתוֹךְ־שִׁבְטֵי | bə-tokh šiḇ-tê} ‘among tribes of’ joined with benachalah {בְּנַחֲלָה | bə-na-ḥā-lāh} ‘in inheritance’ establishes the distributive context.
Root and etymology
š-b-ṭshin–bet–tet
“tribe”
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 18:1:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 18:1, so the Hebrew word בְּתוֹךְ־שִׁבְטֵ֥י (betokhshivte) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.1.W18.S1) and character.