Judges 19:20:11Judg.19.20.W11TAB
אַל־תָּלַֽן׃
altalan
“do not lodge overnight”
- Transliteration
- al-ta-LAN
- Extended
- ahl-tah-LAHN
- IPA
- /ʔal.taˈlan/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not lodge overnight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ta-LAN
- clause
RAK ba-re-KHOV al-ta-LAN
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ISH ha-za-KEN sha-LOM LAKH RAK kol-makh-so-RE-kha a-LAI RAK ba-re-KHOV al-ta-LAN
Exegesis
The second raq {רַק | raq} ‘only’ introduces the prohibition in al-talan {אַל־תָּלַן | ʾal-tālan} ‘do not lodge’, followed by the locative barechov {בָּרְחוֹב | bāṟeḥōḇ} ‘in the street’, contrasting hospitality with protective warning.
Root and etymology
l-w-n
“to lodge, spend the night”
In context — Judges 19:20
And the old man said, “Peace to you! Let all you lack lie upon me. But do not lodge in the street.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 19:20, so the Hebrew word אַל־תָּלַֽן׃ (altalan) 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.19.20.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.20.W11.S1) and character.