Judges 19:15:12Judg.19.15.W12TAB
מְאַסֵּֽף־אוֹתָ֥ם
meassefotam
“gathering them in”
- Transliteration
- me-as-SEF-O-tam
- Extended
- meh-ahs-SEHF-oh-taam
- IPA
- /məʔasˈseːf.ʔoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- gathering them in
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-as-SEF-O-tam
- phraseyour reading level
me-as-SEF-O-tam ha-BAI-ta
- clause
va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV bir-khov ha-IR ve-EN ISH me-as-SEF-O-tam ha-BAI-ta la-LUN
- sentence
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM la-VO la-LUN ba-giv-A va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV bir-khov ha-IR ve-EN ISH me-as-SEF-O-tam ha-BAI-ta la-LUN
Exegesis
The existential clause vəʼên ʼîš {וְאֵין אִישׁ | və-ʼên ʼîš} ‘and there was no man’ heightens exclusion, further defined by the participle məʼassēp-ʼōṯām {מְאַסֵּף־אוֹתָם | mə-ʼas-sēp-ʼō-ṯām} ‘gathering them’ and the directional infinitive habbaytāh lālûn {הַבַּיְתָה לָלוּן | hab-bāy-tāh lā-lûn} ‘into the house to spend the night’. The linked vav forms drive the narrative forward and the shift from plural to singular underscores the travelers’ vulnerability. English mirrors these features through chained infinitives and subject shift.
Root and etymology
“to gather, collect”
In context — Judges 19:15
So they turned aside there to enter and lodge in Gibeah , and he went and sat in the open square of the city, but there was no man to receive them into his house to lodge.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 19:15, so the Hebrew word מְאַסֵּֽף־אוֹתָ֥ם (meassefotam) 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.19.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.15.W12.S1) and character.