Judges 20:32:14Judg.20.32.W14TAB
אֶל־הַֽמְסִלּֽוֹת׃
elhamesillot
“to the highways”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-me-sil-LOT
- Extended
- ehl-hah-meh-sih-LOOT
- IPA
- /ʔel.ham.siɫˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the highways
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-me-sil-LOT
- clause
u-ve-NE yis-ra-EL a-me-RU na-NU-sa u-ne-tak-ke-NU-hu min-ha-IR el-ha-me-sil-LOT
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU be-NE bin-ya-MIN nig-ga-FIM HEM le-fa-NE-nu ke-va-ri-sho-NA u-ve-NE yis-ra-EL a-me-RU na-NU-sa u-ne-tak-ke-NU-hu min-ha-IR el-ha-me-sil-LOT
Exegesis
The prepositional chain min-hāʿîr {מִן-הָעִיר | min-hāʿîr} and ʾel-hamməśillôt {אֶל-הַמְסִלּוֹת | ʾel-hamməśillôt} delineates the tactical movement from the city to the roads. The balanced structure underscores the strategic dialogue between the groups.
Root and etymology
ס־ל־לsll
“path; highway”
In context — Judges 20:32
And the sons of Benjamin said, "They are defeated before us as at the first." And the sons of Israel said, "Let us flee and draw them out from the city to the roads ."
About this coordinate
Judges 20:32:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 20:32, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַֽמְסִלּֽוֹת׃ (elhamesillot) 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.20.32.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.32.W14.S1) and character.