Judges 20:47:4Judg.20.47.W4TAB
אֶל־סֶ֣לַע
elsela
“to the rock of”
- Transliteration
- el-SE-la
- Extended
- ehl-SEH-lah
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈsɛ.laʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the rock of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-SE-la
- phraseyour reading level
el-SE-la ha-rim-MON
- clause
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON SHESH me-OT ISH
- 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 construct chain el-selaʿ hā-rimmôn {אֶל־סֶלַע הָרִמּוֹן | ʾel-sēlaʿ hā-rimmôn} specifies the destination, retaining the Hebrew proper noun.
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 20:47:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:47, so the Hebrew word אֶל־סֶ֣לַע (elsela) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.47.W4.S1) and character.