Judges 20:12:10Judg.20.12.W10TAB
הַזֹּ֔את
hazot
“this”
- Transliteration
- ha-ZOT
- Extended
- hah-ZOHT
- IPA
- /hazˈzoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ZOT
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ra-A ha-ZOT
- clause
MA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT a-SHER nih-ye-TA ba-KHEM
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-na-SHIM be-khol-shiv-TE vin-ya-MIN le-MOR MA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT a-SHER nih-ye-TA ba-KHEM
Exegesis
The interrogative mā́h {מָ֚ה | mā́h} “what,” with the demonstrative haz-zôṯ {הַזֹּ֔את | haz-zôṯʹ} “this” and the noun ha-rā-ʿā́h {הָרָעָה֣ | ha-rā-ʿā́h} “evil,” frames the moral question.
In context — Judges 20:12
Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the whole tribe of Benjamin to say, “What is this evil that has happened among you?”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 20:12, so the Hebrew word הַזֹּ֔את (hazot) 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.20.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.12.W10.S1) and character.