Judges 20:41:3Judg.20.41.W3TAB
הָפַ֔ךְ
hafakh
“turned”
- Transliteration
- ha-FAKH
- Extended
- haa-FAHKh
- IPA
- /hɔːˈfax/
Meaning by language
- English
- turned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
ha-FAKH
- clause
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL ha-FAKH va-yib-ba-HEL ISH bin-ya-MIN
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL ha-FAKH va-yib-ba-HEL ISH bin-ya-MIN KI ra-AH ki-na-ga-AH a-LAV ha-ra-AH
Exegesis
The narrative employs a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs, beginning with ve’ish yiśraʼēl hāphaḵ {וְאִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ הָפַ֔ךְ | və-ʾîš yiśrāʼēl hāphaḵ} ‘and the men of Israel turned’, signaling a sudden reversal.
Root and etymology
ה־פ־ך
“to turn, overturn”
In context — Judges 20:41
And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified , for they saw that the disaster had come upon them.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:41:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:41, so the Hebrew word הָפַ֔ךְ (hafakh) 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.20.41.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.41.W3.S1) and character.