Judges 20:48:17Judg.20.48.W17TAB
בָאֵֽשׁ׃
vaesh
“into fire”
- Transliteration
- va-ESH
- Extended
- vaa-EESH
- IPA
- /vaˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- into fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ESH
- phraseyour reading level
shil-KHU va-ESH
- clause
GAM kal-he-a-RIM ha-nim-tse-OT shil-KHU va-ESH
- 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
Finally, gam kol hāʿărîm hannimṣāʾōṯ šilləḥû bāʾēš {גַּ֛ם־כָּל־הֶעָרִ֥ים הַנִּמְצָא֖וֹת שִׁלְּח֥וּ בָאֵֽשׁ | gam kol hāʿărîm hannimṣāʾōṯ šilləḥû bāʾēš} ‘also all the cities that were found they sent into fire’ parallels the slaughter with the burning of settlements, closing the verse with emphatic judgment.
Root and etymology
ʼ-šaleph–shin
“fire, burning”
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 20:48:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Judges 20:48, so the Hebrew word בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (vaesh) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.48.W17.S1) and character.