Judges 18:17:12Judg.18.17.W12TAB
וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים
veethaterafim
“and {direct object} the household gods”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-te-ra-FIM
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-teh-rah-FEEM
- IPA
- /wəʔɛt.hat.təraˈfiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and {direct object} the household gods
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-ha-te-ra-FIM
- 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
t-r-ptav–resh–pe
“household idol”
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 18:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 18:17, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים (veethaterafim) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.17.W12.S1) and character.