Judges 20:45:4Judg.20.45.W4TAB
אֶל־סֶ֣לַע
elsela
“to the rock of”
- Transliteration
- el-SE-la
- Extended
- ehl-SEH-lah
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈsɛ.laʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the rock 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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-SE-la
- phraseyour reading level
el-SE-la ha-rim-MON
- clause
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON va-yo-le-LU-hu ba-me-si-LOT kha-ME-shet a-la-FIM ISH
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON va-yo-le-LU-hu ba-me-si-LOT kha-ME-shet a-la-FIM ISH va-yad-bi-KU a-kha-RAV ad-gid-OM va-yak-KU mi-me-NU al-pa-YIM ISH
Exegesis
The phrase el-sela harimon {אֶל־סֶ֣לַע הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן | ʾel-sêlâʿ hārimmôn} ‘to the rock of Rimmon’ specifies the goal.
Root and etymology
s-l-ʿs-l-ʿ
“rock, crag”
In context — Judges 20:45
And they turned and fled to the wilderness , to the rock of Rimmon, and they overtook them on the highways, five thousand men . And they pursued after them as far as Gidom and struck down from them two thousand men.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:45:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:45, so the Hebrew word אֶל־סֶ֣לַע (elsela) 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.20.45.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.45.W4.S1) and character.