Judges 20:23:9Judg.20.23.W9TAB

הַאוֹסִ֗יף

haosif

“shall I again add”

Transliteration: ha-o-SIF
Extended: hah-oh-SEEF
IPA: /ha.ʔoːˈsiːf/

Meaning by language

English: shall I again add

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

הַא + וֹ + סִ֗יף

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ha + o + sif

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haosif

Alphabet Analysis

	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Samekh	s as in sit
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Pe Sofit	final form of Pe — at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
ha-o-SIF
clause
va-ya-A-lu ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yiv-KE-u lif-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ad-ha-E-rev va-yish-e-A-lu va-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-o-SIF la-GE-shet lam-mil-kha-MA im-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN a-KHI
sentence
va-ya-A-lu ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yiv-KE-u lif-NEI-ye-ho-VAH ad-ha-E-rev va-yish-e-A-lu va-ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ha-o-SIF la-GE-shet lam-mil-kha-MA im-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN a-KHI va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH a-LU e-LAV

Exegesis

The infinitive construct lē-’môr {לֵאמֹ֔ר | lē ’môr} introduces direct discourse, and the chain ha-’ōsîp̄ lā-ḡešēt la-milḥāmâh {הַאוֹסִ֗יף לָגֶשֶׁת לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה | ha-’ō-sîp̄ lā-ḡešēt la-milḥāmâh} ‘if I continue to approach to battle’ conveys deliberation.

In context — Judges 20:23

And the sons of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until the evening; and they inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I continue to go up to battle against the sons of Benjamin, my brother ?” And the LORD said, “Go up against him.”

About this coordinate

Judges 20:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 20:23, so the Hebrew word הַאוֹסִ֗יף (haosif) 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.20.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.23.W9.S1) and character.

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