Judges 20:15:16Judg.20.15.W16TAB
הִתְפָּ֣קְד֔וּ
hitpakedu
“they were mustered”
- Transliteration
- hit-pa-ke-DU
- Extended
- hit-pah-keh-DOO
- IPA
- /hit.pa.qəˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were mustered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
hit-pa-ke-DU
- clause
le-VAD mi-yo-she-VEI ha-giv-A hit-pa-ke-DU she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR
- sentence
va-yit-pa-ke-DU be-NEI bin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU me-he-a-RIM e-se-RIM ve-shi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev le-VAD mi-yo-she-VEI ha-giv-A hit-pa-ke-DU she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR
Exegesis
A second Hitpael hitpaqdu {הִתְפָּ֣קְד֔וּ | hitpaqeḏû} marks the mustering of sheva meot bachur {שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת בָּחֽוּר | šeḇāʿ mêʾôt bāḥûr} ‘seven hundred chosen’, heightening the contrast in scale and selection.
Root and etymology
פ־ק־ד
“to muster, number”
In context — Judges 20:15
And the sons of Benjamin were mustered on that day from the cities—twenty-six thousand men drawing the sword—apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah; there were mustered seven hundred chosen .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:15:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Judges 20:15, so the Hebrew word הִתְפָּ֣קְד֔וּ (hitpakedu) 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.20.15.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.15.W16.S1) and character.