Judges 20:16:12Judg.20.16.W12TAB
בָּאֶ֛בֶן
baeven
“with a stone”
- Transliteration
- ba-E-ven
- Extended
- baa-EH-veh(n)
- IPA
- /baːˈʔɛvɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a stone
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-E-ven
- phraseyour reading level
ko-LE-a ba-E-ven
- clause
kal-ZEH ko-LE-a ba-E-ven el-ha-sa-a-RA ve-LO ya-kha-TI
- sentence
mi-KOL ha-AM ha-ZEH she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR i-TER yad-ye-mi-NO kal-ZEH ko-LE-a ba-E-ven el-ha-sa-a-RA ve-LO ya-kha-TI
Exegesis
The precision clause ba·ʾeḇen ʾel·ha·sa·ʿărāh {בָּאֶבֶן אֶל־הַשַּׂעֲרָה | ba-ʾe-ḇen ʾel ha-sa-ʿă-rāh} ‘with a stone to the hair’ sets a narrowly defined target.
Root and etymology
ב־נ
“son, descendant”
In context — Judges 20:16
From all these people there were seven hundred select men who were left-handed; each could sling a stone at a single hair and still not fail.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 20:16, so the Hebrew word בָּאֶ֛בֶן (baeven) 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.20.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.16.W12.S1) and character.