Judges 19:27:5Judg.19.27.W5TAB
דַּלְת֣וֹת
daltot
“doors of”
- Transliteration
- dal-TOt
- Extended
- dahl-TOHT
- IPA
- /dalˈtoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- doors of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
dal-TOt
- phraseyour reading level
dal-TOt ha-BA-yit
- clause
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
- 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 sequence wayyippəṭaḥ dalātôt habbayît {וַיִּפְתַּח דַּלְת֣וֹת הַבַּיִת | wayyippəṭaḥ dalātôt habbayît} ‘and he opened doors of the house’ uses a construct chain to specify architectural elements.
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 19:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 19:27, so the Hebrew word דַּלְת֣וֹת (daltot) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.27.W5.S1) and character.