Judges 20:42:11Judg.20.42.W11TAB
מַשְׁחִיתִ֥ים
mashkhitim
“were destroying”
- Transliteration
- mash-khi-TIM
- Extended
- mahsh-khih-TEEM
- IPA
- /maʃ.ħiːˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- were destroying
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mash-khi-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
mash-khi-TIM o-TO
- clause
va-a-SHER me-he-rim mash-khi-TIM o-TO be-to-KHO
- sentence
va-yif-NU lif-NEI ISH yis-ra-EL el-DE-rekh ha-mid-BAR ve-ha-mil-kha-MA hid-bi-ka-TE-hu va-a-SHER me-he-rim mash-khi-TIM o-TO be-to-KHO
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by vaasher {וַאֲשֶׁר | wa-ʾăšer} ‘and those who’ links to the participle mashchitim {מַשְׁחִיתִים | mašḥîṯîm} ‘destroying’, which conveys sustained lethal action by fighters from the cities, with the locative betokho {בְּתוֹכֽוֹ | bᵊṯôḵô} ‘in his midst’ highlighting the internal threat. The coordinated structure of turning, overtaking, and destroying underscores the completeness of Israel’s counterstrike.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–chet–tav
“to destroy, annihilate”
In context — Judges 20:42
And they turned before the men of Israel toward the road to the wilderness, and the battle overtook them, and those who came from the cities were destroying them in their midst.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:42:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 20:42, so the Hebrew word מַשְׁחִיתִ֥ים (mashkhitim) 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.20.42.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.42.W11.S1) and character.