Judges 20:45:7Judg.20.45.W7TAB
בַּֽמְסִלּ֔וֹת
bamesilot
“on the highways”
- Transliteration
- ba-me-si-LOT
- Extended
- bah-meh-sih-LOHT
- IPA
- /bam.silˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the highways
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ba-me-si-LOT
- 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 Piel form vayeolleluhu {וַיְעֹֽלְלֻ֙הוּ֙ | wayyōlelûhû} ‘and they overtook him’ intensifies pursuit along the bamesilot {בַּֽמְסִלּ֔וֹת | bamməssillôt} ‘highways.’
Root and etymology
ס־ל־לsll
“path; highway”
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 20:45:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:45, so the Hebrew word בַּֽמְסִלּ֔וֹת (bamesilot) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.45.W7.S1) and character.