Judges 19:14:5Judg.19.14.W5TAB
הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ
hashemesh
“the sun”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHE-mesh
- Extended
- hah-SHEH-mehsh
- IPA
- /haʃˈʃɛmɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sun
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
va-ta-VO la-HEM ha-SHE-mesh E-tsel ha-giv-A a-SHER le-vin-ya-MIN
- sentence
va-ya-a-VRU va-ye-le-KHU va-ta-VO la-HEM ha-SHE-mesh E-tsel ha-giv-A a-SHER le-vin-ya-MIN
Exegesis
The third verb, vatavo {וַתָּבֹא | wa-ṭā-vō} literally “and came,” idiomatically indicates the sun’s descent, shifting focus to hashemesh {הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ | ha-šē-mēš} as a temporal marker.
Root and etymology
Rootš-m-š
“sun, serve”
In context — Judges 19:14
And they passed on and continued going, and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin .
About this coordinate
Judges 19:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 19:14, so the Hebrew word הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ (hashemesh) 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.19.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.14.W5.S1) and character.