Judges 20:46:8Judg.20.46.W8TAB
שֹׁ֥לֵֽף
sholef
“drawing”
- Transliteration
- sho-LEF
- Extended
- shoh-LEHF
- IPA
- /ʃoːˈleːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- drawing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-LEF
- phraseyour reading level
sho-LEF KHE-rev
- 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 participial clause sholef-cherev {שֹׁלֵף חֶרֶב | šō-lêp̄ ḥe-rev} ‘drawing sword’ highlights active combatants.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ף
“to draw”
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 20:46:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 20:46, so the Hebrew word שֹׁ֥לֵֽף (sholef) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.46.W8.S1) and character.