Judges 20:40:1Judg.20.40.W1TAB
וְהַמַּשְׂאֵ֗ת
vehammaseet
“and the signal”
- Transliteration
- ve-ham-ma-SE-et
- Extended
- veh-hahm-mah-SEH-eet
- IPA
- /vəhammăˈsɛːʔeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ham-ma-SE-et
- clause
ve-ham-ma-SE-et he-KHE-la la-a-LOT min-ha-IR a-MUD a-SHAN
- sentence
ve-ham-ma-SE-et he-KHE-la la-a-LOT min-ha-IR a-MUD a-SHAN va-yi-FEN bin-ya-MIN a-kha-RAV ve-hin-NE a-LA khe-lil-ha-IR ha-sha-MAI-ma
Exegesis
The verse unfolds with the noun wə-hammāśʾêt {וְהַמַּשְׂאֵת | wə-ham-mā-śêṯ} ‘and the signal,’ introducing the central visual cue.
Root and etymology
n-s-’nun–sin–aleph
“lifting up, signal”
In context — Judges 20:40
And the signal began to ascend from the city—a pillar of smoke—and Benjamin turned back, and behold, the whole city went up toward the heavens .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:40:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:40, so the Hebrew word וְהַמַּשְׂאֵ֗ת (vehammaseet) 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.20.40.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.40.W1.S1) and character.