Judges 19:11:11Judg.19.11.W11TAB
אֶל־עִֽיר־הַיְבוּסִ֥י
elirhayevusi
“to the city of the Jebusite”
- Transliteration
- EL-iR-ha-ye-vu-SI
- Extended
- EHL-eer-hah-yeh-voo-SEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʕiːr.hajəvuˈsiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the city of the Jebusite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
EL-iR-ha-ye-vu-SI
- phraseyour reading level
EL-iR-ha-ye-vu-SI ha-ZOT
- clause
va-yo-MER ha-NA-ar EL-a-do-NA-v le-KHA-na ve-na-SU-ra EL-iR-ha-ye-vu-SI ha-ZOT ve-na-LIN BA
- sentence
HEM IM-ye-VUS ve-ha-YOM RAD me-OD va-yo-MER ha-NA-ar EL-a-do-NA-v le-KHA-na ve-na-SU-ra EL-iR-ha-ye-vu-SI ha-ZOT ve-na-LIN BA
Exegesis
The construct ʾel-ʿîr-han-yĕ-bû-sî hazzōʾṯ {אֶל־עִיר־הַיְבוּסִי הַזֹּאת | ʾel-ʿîr-han-yĕ-bû-sî hazzōʾṯ} positions the destination, rendered idiomatically as “this Jebusite town.” English word order shifts the entreaty to the beginning of the quotation for clarity.
Root and etymology
“to trample”
In context — Judges 19:11
Now they were near Jebus, and the day had declined greatly. Then the servant said to his master, “Please let us go and turn aside to this city of the Jebusite and let us spend the night in it.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 19:11, so the Hebrew word אֶל־עִֽיר־הַיְבוּסִ֥י (elirhayevusi) 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.19.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.11.W11.S1) and character.