Judges 19:27:17Judg.19.27.W17TAB
עַל־הַסַּֽף׃
alhasaf
“on the threshold”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-SAF
- Extended
- ahl-hah-SAHF
- IPA
- /ʕal.hassˈsaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the threshold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-SAF
- clause
ve-hi-NE ha-i-SHA fi-lag-SHO no-FE-let PE-takh ha-BA-yit ve-ya-DE-ha al-ha-SAF
- sentence
va-ya-KAM a-do-NE-ha ba-BO-ker va-yif-TAKH dal-TOt ha-BA-yit va-ye-TSE la-LE-khet le-dar-KO ve-hi-NE ha-i-SHA fi-lag-SHO no-FE-let PE-takh ha-BA-yit ve-ya-DE-ha al-ha-SAF
Exegesis
The spatial expressions petāḥ habbayît {פֶּתַח הַבַּיִת | petāḥ habbayît} ‘entrance of the house’ and ʿal-hă-sāp̄ {עַל־הַסַּף | ʿal-hă-sāp̄} ‘upon the threshold’ delineate the critical boundary locus.
Root and etymology
ס־פ
“threshold”
In context — Judges 19:27
And her master arose in the morning, and he opened the doors of the house, and he went out to go on his way; and behold, the woman his concubine was lying at the entrance of the house with her hands upon the threshold .
About this coordinate
Judges 19:27:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Judges 19:27, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַסַּֽף׃ (alhasaf) 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.19.27.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.27.W17.S1) and character.