Judges 18:16:7Judg.18.16.W7TAB
פֶּ֣תַח
petakh
“entrance of”
- Transliteration
- PE-takh
- Extended
- PEH-tahkh
- IPA
- /ˈpɛ.taħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- entrance of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PE-takh
- phraseyour reading level
PE-takh ha-SHA-ar
- clause
ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-gu-RIM ke-LE mil-kha-MTAM ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh ha-SHA-ar
- sentence
ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-gu-RIM ke-LE mil-kha-MTAM ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh ha-SHA-ar a-SHER mib-be-NE-DAN
Exegesis
The participle nitsavim {נִצָּבִ֖ים | nī-ṣā-vîm} ‘standing’ indicates their posture at the locative petach {פֶּ֣תַח | pē-ṭaḥ} ‘opening’, further specified by ha-sha’ar {הַשָּׁ֑עַר | ha-šā-ʿar} ‘the gate’.
In context — Judges 18:16
And six hundred men from the tribe of Dan , girded with their weapons, stood at the entrance of the gate.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 18:16, so the Hebrew word פֶּ֣תַח (petakh) 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.18.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.16.W7.S1) and character.