Judges 18:28:2Judg.18.28.W2TAB
מַצִ֜יל
matsil
“one delivering”
- Transliteration
- ma-TSIL
- Extended
- mah-TSEEL
- IPA
- /matˈsiːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- one delivering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-TSIL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EN ma-TSIL
- clause
ve-EN ma-TSIL KI re-kho-KA-HI mi-tsi-DON ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-A-dam ve-HI ba-E-meq a-SHER le-VET-re-KHOV
- sentence
ve-EN ma-TSIL KI re-kho-KA-HI mi-tsi-DON ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-A-dam ve-HI ba-E-meq a-SHER le-VET-re-KHOV va-yiv-NU et-ha-IR va-yesh-VU VA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the negative existential clause ve-ein matzil {וְאֵ֨ין מַצִּיל | və-ʾên maṭṣîl} ‘there is no rescuer’, immediately framing the lack of assistance.
Root and etymology
נ־צ־לn-ṣ-l
“to rescue”
In context — Judges 18:28
There was no rescuer , because it was far from Sidon and they had no business with any man. It was in the valley near Beth Rehob. Afterward they rebuilt the city and lived there.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 18:28, so the Hebrew word מַצִ֜יל (matsil) 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.18.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.28.W2.S1) and character.