Judges 20:40:6Judg.20.40.W6TAB
עָשָׁ֑ן
ashan
“of smoke”
- Transliteration
- a-SHAN
- Extended
- aa-SHAAN
- IPA
- /ʕɔːˈʃaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of smoke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHAN
- phraseyour reading level
a-MUD a-SHAN
- 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 prepositional phrase min-hā-ʿîr {מִן־הָעִיר | min-hā-ʿîr} ‘from the city’ marks the origin, while ʿam-mûḏ ʿā-šān {עַמּוּד עָשָׁן | ʿam-mûḏ ʿā-šān} ‘pillar of smoke’ provides appositional imagery.
Root and etymology
ʿ-š-n
“smoke”
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 20:40:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 20:40, so the Hebrew word עָשָׁ֑ן (ashan) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.40.W6.S1) and character.