Judges 20:38:1Judg.20.38.W1TAB
וְהַמּוֹעֵ֗ד
vehamoed
“and the appointed signal”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-mo-ED
- Extended
- veh-hah-moh-EED
- IPA
- /vəh.ham.moˈʕeːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the appointed signal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-mo-ED
- clause
ve-ha-mo-ED ha-YA le-ISH yis-ra-EL im-ha-o-REV
- sentence
ve-ha-mo-ED ha-YA le-ISH yis-ra-EL im-ha-o-REV HE-rev le-ha-a-lo-TAM mas-e-AT he-a-SHAN min-ha-IR
Exegesis
The verse begins with vehamoed {וְהַמּוֹעֵ֗ד | wə-hammō-ʿêḏ} ‘the appointed signal,’ where the conjunction vav and definite article ha mark emphasis.
Root and etymology
y-ʿ-d
“to fix, appoint”
In context — Judges 20:38
Now the signal between the men of Israel and those lying in ambush was this: they were to raise a great cloud of smoke from the city.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:38:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:38, so the Hebrew word וְהַמּוֹעֵ֗ד (vehamoed) 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.20.38.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.38.W1.S1) and character.