Judges 20:1:8Judg.20.1.W8TAB

לְמִדָּן֙

lemiddan

“from Dan”

Transliteration: le-mid-DAN
Extended: leh-mihd-DAAN
IPA: /ləmidˈdaːn/

Meaning by language

English: from Dan

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

לְ + מִד + דָּן֙

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le + mid + dan

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lemiddan

Alphabet Analysis

	Lamed	l as in law
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Mem	m as in mother
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Dalet	d as in door
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Nun Sofit	final form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

word
le-mid-DAN
clause
va-ye-tsu kol-be-NE yis-ra-EL va-tik-ka-HEL ha-e-DA ke-ISH e-KHAD le-mid-DAN ve-ad-be-ER SHE-va ve-E-rets ha-gil-AD
sentence
va-ye-tsu kol-be-NE yis-ra-EL va-tik-ka-HEL ha-e-DA ke-ISH e-KHAD le-mid-DAN ve-ad-be-ER SHE-va ve-E-rets ha-gil-AD el-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-PA

Exegesis

A geographical merism is formed by lemidan {לְמִדָּן | lə-mid-dān} ‘from Dan’, ve’ad {וְעַד | və-ʿad} ‘and up to’, be’er sheva {בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע | bə-ʾēr še-vāʿ} ‘Beersheba’, and ve’eretz ha-gil’ad {וְאֶרֶץ הַגִּלְעָד | və-ʾe-reṣ ha-ğil-ʿāḏ} ‘and the land of Gilead’, depicting the full territorial sweep.

In context — Judges 20:1

So all the sons of Israel departed, and the whole assembly gathered in unity from Dan to Beersheba and across the land of Gilead before the LORD at Mizpah .

About this coordinate

Judges 20:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 20:1, so the Hebrew word לְמִדָּן֙ (lemiddan) 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.20.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.1.W8.S1) and character.

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