Judges 20:36:11Judg.20.36.W11TAB
אֶל־הָ֣אֹרֵ֔ב
elhaorev
“toward the ambush”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-o-REV
- Extended
- ehl-haa-oh-REEV
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hɔːʔoːˈreːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the ambush
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-o-REV
- clause
va-yit-NE-nu ish-yis-ra-EL ma-KOM le-vin-ya-MIN KI vat-khu el-ha-o-REV a-SHER sa-MU el-ha-giv-A
- sentence
va-yir-U be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN KI nig-GA-fu va-yit-NE-nu ish-yis-ra-EL ma-KOM le-vin-ya-MIN KI vat-khu el-ha-o-REV a-SHER sa-MU el-ha-giv-A
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki {כִּ֤י | kî} introduces the reason clause batkhu el-ha-orev {בָֽטְחוּ אֶל־הָ֣אֹרֵ֔ב | bāṭəḥû ’el-hā-’ôrēḇ} (“they trusted in the ambush”).
Root and etymology
א־ר־ב
“to lie in wait, ambush”
In context — Judges 20:36
And the sons of Benjamin saw that they were struck down, and the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin because they trusted in the ambush that they had set at Gibeah .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:36:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 20:36, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָ֣אֹרֵ֔ב (elhaorev) 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.20.36.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.36.W11.S1) and character.