Judges 18:17:10Judg.18.17.W10TAB
אֶת־הַפֶּ֙סֶל֙
ethapesel
“{direct object} the carved image”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-PE-sel
- Extended
- eht-hah-PEH-sehl
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hapˈpɛsɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the carved image
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-PE-sel
- clause
va-ya-A-lu kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets ba-U SHA-ma la-KHU et-ha-PE-sel ve-et-ha-e-FOD ve-et-ha-te-ra-FIM ve-et-ha-mas-SE-kha
- sentence
va-ya-A-lu kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets ba-U SHA-ma la-KHU et-ha-PE-sel ve-et-ha-e-FOD ve-et-ha-te-ra-FIM ve-et-ha-mas-SE-kha ve-ha-ko-HEN ni-TSAV PE-takh ha-SHA-ar ve-SHESH-me-OT ha-ISH he-kha-GUR ke-LE ha-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The sequence of seized items is marked by the direct-object phrases et-hapesel {אֶת־הַפֶּ֙סֶל֙ | ʾet-hā-pe-sel} ‘the carved image,’ et-ha’ephod {וְאֶת־הָ֣אֵפוֹד | wə-ʾet-hā-’ê-phôd} ‘the ephod,’ et-hateraphim {וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים | wə-ʾet-hā-te-rā-pîm} ‘the household gods,’ and et-hamassekah {וְאֶת־הַמַּסֵּכָ֑ה | wə-ʾet-hā-mas-sē-ḵā} ‘the cast image,’ which are rendered as a coordinated list in English.
Root and etymology
p-s-lpe–samekh–lamed
“to carve”
In context — Judges 18:17
And five of the men who went to spy out the land went up; they came there and took the carved image , the ephod, the teraphim, and the cast image. Then the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 18:17, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַפֶּ֙סֶל֙ (ethapesel) 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.18.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.17.W10.S1) and character.