Judges 20:42:5Judg.20.42.W5TAB
אֶל־דֶּ֣רֶךְ
elderekh
“to the way of”
- Transliteration
- el-DE-rekh
- Extended
- ehl-DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈdɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the way of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-DE-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
el-DE-rekh ha-mid-BAR
- clause
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
- 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 directional phrase el-deRekh ha-midbar {אֶל־דֶּרֶךְ הַמִּדְבָּר | ʾel-dereḵ hammidbār} ‘toward the road to the wilderness’ specifies their route.
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 20:42:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 20:42, so the Hebrew word אֶל־דֶּ֣רֶךְ (elderekh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.42.W5.S1) and character.