Judges 18:14:21Judg.18.14.W21TAB
מַֽה־תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃
mataasu
“what you will do”
- Transliteration
- ma-ta-a-SU
- Extended
- mah-tah-ah-SUU
- IPA
- /mah.taʕăˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what you will do
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ma-ta-a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
de-U ma-ta-a-SU
- clause
ve-a-TA de-U ma-ta-a-SU
- sentence
va-ya-a-NU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ho-le-KHIM le-rag-GEL ET-ha-A-rets LA-yish va-yo-me-RU el-a-khe-HEM ha-ye-da-TEHM KI YESH ba-ba-TIM ha-E-le e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM u-PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA de-U ma-ta-a-SU
Exegesis
The imperative de-ʿû {דְּע֥וּ | de-ʿû} “know” followed by māh ta-ʿă-šû {מַה־תַּעֲשֽׂוּ | māh ta-ʿă-šû} “what you will do” issues a call to decision. The translation preserves Hebrew word order, the pause before enumeration, and the climactic exhortation.
Root and etymology
m-h
“what”
In context — Judges 18:14
Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish spoke to their brothers, “You should know that these houses contain an ephod , teraphim, a carved image, and a cast image. Now then, decide what you will do.”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:14:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Judges 18:14, so the Hebrew word מַֽה־תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃ (mataasu) 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.18.14.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.14.W21.S1) and character.