Judges 18:8:4Judg.18.8.W4TAB
וְאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֑ל
veeshtaol
“and Eshtaol”
- Transliteration
- ve-esh-ta-OL
- Extended
- veh-ehsh-tah-OHL
- IPA
- /wəʔɛʃ.taːˈʔoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Eshtaol
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-esh-ta-OL
- clause
va-ya-VO-u el-a-khe-HEM tsar-e-A ve-esh-ta-OL
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-a-khe-HEM tsar-e-A ve-esh-ta-OL va-yo-me-RU la-HEM a-khe-HEM MA a-TEM
Exegesis
Two proper names, ṣā-rə-ʿāh {צָרְעָ֖ה | ṣā-rə-ʿāh} ‘Zorah’ and wə-ʾeš-tā-ʾōl {וְאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֑ל | wə-ʾeš-tā-ʾōl} ‘and Eshtaol’, function as appositional locatives.
In context — Judges 18:8
And they came to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, “What do you bring?”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 18:8, so the Hebrew word וְאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֑ל (veeshtaol) 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.18.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.8.W4.S1) and character.