Judges 18:30:4Judg.18.30.W4TAB
אֶת־הַפָּ֑סֶל
ethapasel
“the carved image”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-PA-sel
- Extended
- eht-hah-PAH-sehl
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hapˈpaː.sɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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-PA-sel
- clause
va-ya-KI-mu la-HEM be-NEI-DAN et-ha-PA-sel
- sentence
va-ya-KI-mu la-HEM be-NEI-DAN et-ha-PA-sel vi-yo-na-TAN ben-GER-shom ben-me-na-SHE HU u-va-NAV ha-YU kho-ha-NIM le-SHE-vet ha-da-NI ad-YOM ge-LOT ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The construct phrase bene-dan {בְּנֵי־דָ֖ן | bənē-dān} ‘sons of Dan’ serves as subject, followed by the direct object marker ʾēṯ {אֶת־ | ʾēṯ} signaling the definite object happasel {הַפָּסֶל | happā-sel} ‘the idol.’
Root and etymology
p-s-lP S L
“to carve”
In context — Judges 18:30
And the sons of Dan set up the idol for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, together with his sons, served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the land’s captivity.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 18:30, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַפָּ֑סֶל (ethapasel) 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.18.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.30.W4.S1) and character.