Judges 20:35:13Judg.20.35.W13TAB
וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה
vakhamisha
“and five”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-mi-SHA
- Extended
- vah-khah-mih-SHAA
- IPA
- /vaħa.miʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and five
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-kha-mi-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
e-ser-IM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef
- clause
va-yig-GOF Ye-ho-VAH ET-bin-ya-MIN lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-yash-khi-TU ve-NE yis-ra-EL be-vin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU e-ser-IM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef u-me-A ISH
- sentence
va-yig-GOF Ye-ho-VAH ET-bin-ya-MIN lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-yash-khi-TU ve-NE yis-ra-EL be-vin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU e-ser-IM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef u-me-A ISH kal-E-le sho-LEF KHA-rev
Exegesis
The compound numeral phrase esrim vachamishah elef umeyah {עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אֶלֶף וּמֵאָה | ʿeśrîm vaḥămiššāh ʾelep̄ ū-mê-ʾāh} adheres to Hebrew counting convention.
In context — Judges 20:35
And the LORD struck down Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroyed twenty-five thousand one hundred men in Benjamin on that day, all these wielders of the sword .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:35:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 20:35, so the Hebrew word וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (vakhamisha) 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.20.35.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.35.W13.S1) and character.