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

Result
בָּ + אֶ֛ + בֶן
ba + e + ven
baeven

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-E-ven

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ko-LE-a ba-E-ven

  3. clause

    kal-ZEH ko-LE-a ba-E-ven el-ha-sa-a-RA ve-LO ya-kha-TI

  4. 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 contextJudges 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.