Judges 19:29:8Judg.19.29.W8TAB
לַעֲצָמֶ֔יהָ
laatsameha
“to her bones”
- Transliteration
- la-a-tsa-ME-ha
- Extended
- lah-ah-tsah-MEH-hah
- IPA
- /laʕătsaˈmɛ.haː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to her bones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
la-a-tsa-ME-ha
- clause
va-ya-VO el-BET-o va-yik-KAKH et-ha-ma-a-KHE-let va-ya-kha-ZEK be-fi-LAGH-sho va-ye-nat-te-KHE-ha la-a-tsa-ME-ha li-she-NIM a-SAR ne-ta-KHIM
- sentence
va-ya-VO el-BET-o va-yik-KAKH et-ha-ma-a-KHE-let va-ya-kha-ZEK be-fi-LAGH-sho va-ye-nat-te-KHE-ha la-a-tsa-ME-ha li-she-NIM a-SAR ne-ta-KHIM va-ye-shal-le-KHE-ha be-KHOL ge-VUL yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The Piel form vayenattacheha {וַֽיְנַתְּחֶ֙הָ֙ | wayyenattəḥēhā} 'and he cut her up' with la-atzameha {לַעֲצָמֶיהָ | laʿăṣāmêhā} 'to her bones' conveys thorough dismemberment.
In context — Judges 19:29
He returned to his house, took the knife , seized his concubine, cut her up, bone by bone , into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the entire territory of Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 19:29, so the Hebrew word לַעֲצָמֶ֔יהָ (laatsameha) 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.19.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.29.W8.S1) and character.