Judges 20:16:13Judg.20.16.W13TAB
אֶל־הַֽשַּׂעֲרָ֖ה
elhasaara
“to the hair”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-sa-a-RA
- Extended
- ehl-hah-sah-ah-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haˈsːaʕ.ʕăraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the hair
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-sa-a-RA
- 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.
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 20:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 20:16, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַֽשַּׂעֲרָ֖ה (elhasaara) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.16.W13.S1) and character.