Judges 20:17:4Judg.20.17.W4TAB
לְבַד֙
levad
“apart”
- Transliteration
- le-VAD
- Extended
- leh-VAD
- IPA
- /ləˈvad/
Meaning by language
- English
- apart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
le-VAD
- 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 preposition levad {לְבַד | lə-vaḏ} ‘apart’ marks Benjamin as the single excluded tribe.
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 20:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:17, so the Hebrew word לְבַד֙ (levad) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.17.W4.S1) and character.