Judges 20:45:8Judg.20.45.W8TAB
חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת
khameshet
“five of”
- Transliteration
- kha-ME-shet
- Extended
- khah-MEH-sheht
- IPA
- /ħăˈmeː.ʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- five of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
kha-ME-shet
- phraseyour reading level
kha-ME-shet a-la-FIM
- 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 numeral construct chameshet alafim ish {חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים אִ֑ישׁ | ḥămêšet ʾălâp̄îm ʾîš} ‘five thousand men’ quantifies casualties.
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 20:45:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 20:45, so the Hebrew word חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת (khameshet) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.45.W8.S1) and character.