Judges 20:48:10Judg.20.48.W10TAB

עַד־בְּהֵמָ֔ה

adbehema

“as far as beasts”

Transliteration: ad-be-he-MA
Extended: ahd-beh-heh-MAA
IPA: /ʕad.bbəheːˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English: as far as beasts

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

עַד + בְּ + הֵ + מָ֔ה

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ad + be + he + ma

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adbehema

Alphabet Analysis

	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Dalet	d as in door
	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Mem	m as in mother
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
ad-be-he-MA
clause
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL sha-VU el-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN va-yak-KUM le-fi-KHE-rev me-IR me-TIM ad-be-he-MA AD kal-ha-nim-TSA
sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL sha-VU el-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN va-yak-KUM le-fi-KHE-rev me-IR me-TIM ad-be-he-MA AD kal-ha-nim-TSA GAM kal-he-a-RIM ha-nim-tse-OT shil-KHU va-ESH

Exegesis

The paired expressions mēʿîr metîm ʿad bəhēmāh ʿad kol hannimṣāʾ {מֵעִ֤יר מְתִים֙ עַד־בְּהֵמָ֔ה עַד־כָּל־הַנִּמְצָ֑א | mēʿîr metîm ʿad bəhēmāh ʿad kol hannimṣāʾ} ‘from city—men up to livestock, until all that was found’ uses ʿad {עַד | ʿad} for cumulative scope.

In context — Judges 20:48

And the men of Israel returned against the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the sword —men and livestock of each city; then they burned every city they found.

About this coordinate

Judges 20:48:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 20:48, so the Hebrew word עַד־בְּהֵמָ֔ה (adbehema) 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.20.48.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.48.W10.S1) and character.

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