Judges 20:25:11Judg.20.25.W11TAB

שְׁמֹנַ֨ת

shemonat

“eight {of}”

Transliteration: she-MO-nat
Extended: sheh-MOH-naht
IPA: /ʃəˈmoːnat/

Meaning by language

English: eight {of}

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

שְׁ + מֹ + נַ֨ת

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she + mo + nat

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shemonat

Alphabet Analysis

	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Mem	m as in mother
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Nun	n as in new
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Tav	t as in top

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Word in context

word
she-MO-nat
phraseyour reading level
she-MO-nat a-SAR E-lef
clause
va-ye-TSE bin-ya-MIN lik-ra-TAM min-ha-giv-A ba-YOM ha-she-NI va-yash-khi-TU viv-NE yis-ra-EL OD she-MO-nat a-SAR E-lef ISH AR-tsa
sentence
va-ye-TSE bin-ya-MIN lik-ra-TAM min-ha-giv-A ba-YOM ha-she-NI va-yash-khi-TU viv-NE yis-ra-EL OD she-MO-nat a-SAR E-lef ISH AR-tsa kol-E-le shol-FE kha-REV

Exegesis

The numeral construct šəmōnaṯ ʻāśār ʾelep̄ {שְׁמֹנַת עָשָׂר אֶלֶף | šəmōnaṯ ʻāśār ʾelep̄} ‘eighteen thousand’ follows Hebrew counting rules.

In context — Judges 20:25

And Benjamin went out from Gibeah to meet them on the second day, and again struck down eighteen thousand men of the sons of Israel, all these wielders of the sword.

About this coordinate

Judges 20:25:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 20:25, so the Hebrew word שְׁמֹנַ֨ת (shemonat) 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.20.25.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.25.W11.S1) and character.

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