Judges 20:17:3Judg.20.17.W3TAB
הִתְפָּֽקְד֗וּ
hitpakedu
“were mustered or were numbered”
- Transliteration
- hit-pa-ke-DU
- Extended
- hiht-pahq-deh-DOO
- IPA
- /hit.pɔqˈd(uː)/
Meaning by language
- English
- were mustered or were numbered
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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The word
Word in context
- word
hit-pa-ke-DU
- clause
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL hit-pa-ke-DU le-VAD mi-bin-ya-MIN ar-BA me-OT E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL hit-pa-ke-DU le-VAD mi-bin-ya-MIN ar-BA me-OT E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev kal-ZE ISH mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The Hithpael perfect hitpakdu {הִתְפָּֽקְדוּ | hit-pā-qə-ḏû} intensifies the sense of self-mobilization in an organized assembly.
Root and etymology
פ־ק־ד
“to muster, number”
In context — Judges 20:17
And the men of Israel assembled apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men drawing swords; all these were men of war .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:17, so the Hebrew word הִתְפָּֽקְד֗וּ (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.20.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.17.W3.S1) and character.