Judges 20:47:10Judg.20.47.W10TAB
בְּסֶ֣לַע
besela
“at the rock of”
- Transliteration
- be-SE-la
- Extended
- beh-SEH-lah
- IPA
- /bə.ˈsɛ.laʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the rock of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-SE-la
- phraseyour reading level
be-SE-la rim-MON
- clause
va-yesh-VU be-SE-la rim-MON ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON SHESH me-OT ISH va-yesh-VU be-SE-la rim-MON ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
Exegesis
The repetition be-sēlaʿ rimmôn {בְּסֶלַע רִמּוֹן | bə-sēlaʿ rimmôn} emphasizes the specific refuge.
Root and etymology
RootSamekh–Lamed–Ayin
“rock, crag”
In context — Judges 20:47
But six hundred men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they dwelled at the rock of Rimmon for four months .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:47:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 20:47, so the Hebrew word בְּסֶ֣לַע (besela) 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.20.47.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.47.W10.S1) and character.