Judges 19:11:12Judg.19.11.W12TAB

הַזֹּ֖את

hazot

this

Transliteration
ha-ZOT
Extended
hah-ZOHT
IPA
/hazˈzoːt/

Meaning by language

English
this

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Result
הַ + זֹּ֖את
ha + zot
hazot

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Zayinz as in zero
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ZOT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    EL-iR-ha-ye-vu-SI ha-ZOT

  3. 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

  4. 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.

In contextJudges 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 19:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 19:11, so the Hebrew word הַזֹּ֖את (hazot) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.11.W12.S1) and character.