Judges 19:12:3Judg.19.12.W3TAB
אֲדֹנָ֔יו
adonav
“his lord or his master”
- Transliteration
- a-do-NAV
- Extended
- ah-doh-NAAV
- IPA
- /ʔădoˈnaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his lord or his master
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-do-NAV
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV a-do-NAV LO na-SUR el-IR na-khe-RI a-SHER lo-mib-be-NEI yis-ra-EL HE-na
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV a-do-NAV LO na-SUR el-IR na-khe-RI a-SHER lo-mib-be-NEI yis-ra-EL HE-na ve-a-VAR-nu ad-giv-A
Exegesis
The indirect object elav {אֵלָיו֙ | ʾēlāw} ‘to him’ identifies the audience, followed by the subject adonaiw {אֲדֹנָ֔יו | ʾădōnāyw} ‘his master’ containing a pronominal suffix.
Root and etymology
ʾ-d-naleph–dalet–nun
“master, lord”
In context — Judges 19:12
And his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into a foreign city , which is not of the sons of Israel; instead, we will proceed on to Gibeah.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 19:12, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנָ֔יו (adonav) 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.19.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.12.W3.S1) and character.