Judges 20:3:6Judg.20.3.W6TAB
הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה
hammitspa
“to Mizpah”
- Transliteration
- ham-mits-PA
- Extended
- hahm-mihts-PAH
- IPA
- /ham.mitsˈpaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Mizpah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ham-mits-PA
- clause
va-yish-me-U be-NE bin-ya-MIN ki-a-LU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL ham-mits-PA
- sentence
va-yish-me-U be-NE bin-ya-MIN ki-a-LU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL ham-mits-PA va-yo-me-RU be-NE yis-ra-EL dab-be-RU e-KHA nih-ye-TA ha-ra-A haz-ZOT
Exegesis
The conjunction ki-‘ā-lû {כִּֽי־עָל֥וּ | kî-‛ā-lû} introduces a reported perfect clause indicating that the sons of Israel ascended to the place named by hamitspah {הַמִּצְפָּה | ham-mits-pāh}.
In context — Judges 20:3
And the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah . Then the sons of Israel said, “Speak! How did this evil take place?”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 20:3, so the Hebrew word הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה (hammitspa) 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.20.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.3.W6.S1) and character.