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

Result
וְ + אֶשְׁ + תָּ + אֹ֑ל
ve + esh + ta + ol
veeshtaol

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-esh-ta-OL

  2. clause

    va-ya-VO-u el-a-khe-HEM tsar-e-A ve-esh-ta-OL

  3. 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 contextJudges 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.