Judges 18:1:20Judg.18.1.W20TAB
בְּנַחֲלָֽה׃
benakhala
“as an inheritance”
- Transliteration
- be-na-kha-LA
- Extended
- beh-nah-khah-LAA
- IPA
- /bənaħăˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as an inheritance
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-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 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
n-ḥ-lnun–ḥet–lamed
“to inherit”
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 18:1:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Judges 18:1, so the Hebrew word בְּנַחֲלָֽה׃ (benakhala) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.1.W20.S1) and character.