Judges 20:44:3Judg.20.44.W3TAB
שְׁמֹנָֽה־עָשָׂ֥ר
shemonaasar
“eighteen”
- Transliteration
- she-mo-NA-A-saR
- Extended
- sheh-moh-NAA-ah-saaR
- IPA
- /ʃəmoːˈnaː.ʕaːˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- eighteen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-mo-NA-A-saR
- phraseyour reading level
she-mo-NA-A-saR E-lef
- clause
va-yip-PLU mib-bin-ya-MIN she-mo-NA-A-saR E-lef ISH
- sentence
va-yip-PLU mib-bin-ya-MIN she-mo-NA-A-saR E-lef ISH et-KOL-E-le an-she-KHA-yil
Exegesis
The numerals šəmōnāʾ-ʿăsār {שְׁמֹנָה־עָשָׂר | šəmōnāʾ-ʿăsār} ‘eighteen’ and ʾelef {אֶלֶף | ʾelef} ‘thousand’ appose ʾîš {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘men’.
In context — Judges 20:44
And there fell from Benjamin eighteen thousand men , and all these were men of valor .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:44:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:44, so the Hebrew word שְׁמֹנָֽה־עָשָׂ֥ר (shemonaasar) 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.20.44.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.44.W3.S1) and character.