Judges 20:46:5Judg.20.46.W5TAB
וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה
vakhamisha
“and five”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-mi-SHA
- Extended
- vah-khah-mih-SHAA
- IPA
- /va.ħa.miʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and five
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-kha-mi-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
e-se-RIM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef ISH
- clause
va-ye-HI khol-ha-no-fe-LIM mi-bin-ya-MIN e-se-RIM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHE-rev ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
va-ye-HI khol-ha-no-fe-LIM mi-bin-ya-MIN e-se-RIM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHE-rev ba-YOM ha-HU et-kol-E-le an-she-kha-YIL
Exegesis
The additive numeral structure esrim-vachamisha-elef {עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אֶלֶף | ʿê-srîm va-ḥă-mi-ššā́ ʾé-leph} ‘twenty and five thousand’ quantifies ish {אִישׁ | īsh} ‘men’.
In context — Judges 20:46
And all the fallen from Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword on that day; all these were men of valor .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:46:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 20:46, so the Hebrew word וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה (vakhamisha) 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.20.46.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.46.W5.S1) and character.