Judges 19:16:5Judg.19.16.W5TAB
מִֽן־מַעֲשֵׂ֤הוּ
minmaasehu
“from his work”
- Transliteration
- min-ma-a-SE-hu
- Extended
- mihn-mah-ah-SEH-hoo
- IPA
- /mɪn.maʕăˈseː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from his work
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ma-a-SE-hu
- phraseyour reading level
BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE
- clause
ve-hi-NE ISH za-KEN BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev ve-ha-ISH me-HAR e-fra-YIM ve-HU-GAR ba-giv-A
- sentence
ve-hi-NE ISH za-KEN BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev ve-ha-ISH me-HAR e-fra-YIM ve-HU-GAR ba-giv-A ve-an-SHE ha-ma-KOM be-NE ye-mi-NI
Exegesis
The sequential prepositional clauses min-ma‘asehu {מִן־מַעֲשֵׂהוּ | min-maʿ-śē-hû} and min-hasadeh {מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה | min-ha-śā-dē} specify origin and occupation, while the temporal term ba‘erev {בָּעֶרֶב | bā-ʿe-reḇ} situates the event.
Root and etymology
ʿ-ś-hʿ-ś-h
“to do, work, deed”
In context — Judges 19:16
And behold, an old man came from his work in the field at evening. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was sojourning in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjaminites .
About this coordinate
Judges 19:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 19:16, so the Hebrew word מִֽן־מַעֲשֵׂ֤הוּ (minmaasehu) 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.19.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.16.W5.S1) and character.