Judges 20:38:5Judg.20.38.W5TAB
עִם־הָאֹרֵ֑ב
imhaorev
“with the ambush”
- Transliteration
- im-ha-o-REV
- Extended
- ihm-hah-oh-REEV
- IPA
- /ʕim.ha.ʔoˈreːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the ambush
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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
im-ha-o-REV
- 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 phrases im-ha’orev {עִם־הָאֹרֵ֑ב | ʿim-hā-ʾō-rêḇ} and herev {הֶ֕רֶב | hê-rêḇ} specify the ambushers as a multitude.
Root and etymology
Root’am
“people, community”
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 20:38:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 20:38, so the Hebrew word עִם־הָאֹרֵ֑ב (imhaorev) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.38.W5.S1) and character.