Judges 19:18:21Judg.19.18.W21TAB
מְאַסֵּ֥ף
measef
“gathering in”
- Transliteration
- me-a-SEF
- Extended
- meh-ah-SEEF
- IPA
- /məʔasˈseːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- gathering 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 |
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Word in context
- word
me-a-SEF
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-SEF o-TI
- clause
ve-et-BEIT Ye-ho-VAH a-NI ho-LEKH ve-EIN ISH me-a-SEF o-TI hab-BAI-ta
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV o-ve-RIM a-NA-khnu mi-BEIT-le-khem ye-hu-DA ad-yar-ke-TEI har-e-fra-YIM mi-SHAM a-NO-khi va-e-LEKH ad-BEIT LE-khem ye-hu-DA ve-et-BEIT Ye-ho-VAH a-NI ho-LEKH ve-EIN ISH me-a-SEF o-TI hab-BAI-ta
Exegesis
The participle hōlēḳ ’ănî {הֹלֵךְ אֲנִי | hōlēḳ ’ănî} ‘I am going’ indicates ongoing movement, and the existential clause wə’ēn ’îš mə’āsēp̄ ’ōṯî {וְאֵין אִישׁ מְאַסֵּף אוֹתִי | wə’ēn ’îš mə’āsēp̄ ’ōṯî} ‘and there is no one gathering me’ employs a Piel participle to express denial of hospitality. The locative habbāytāh ‘homeward’ intensifies the plea for lodging. This structure highlights the speaker’s urgency and the social obligation of hospitality in ancient Israel.
Root and etymology
ʾ-s-p
“to gather”
In context — Judges 19:18
And he said to him, “We are passing through from Bethlehem in Judah to the remotest parts of the hill country of Ephraim. From there I came and went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD , but there is no one to receive me into his house.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:18:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Judges 19:18, so the Hebrew word מְאַסֵּ֥ף (measef) 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.19.18.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.18.W21.S1) and character.