Judges 20:5:12Judg.20.5.W12TAB
וְאֶת־פִּילַגְשִׁ֥י
veetpilagshi
“and my concubine”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-pi-lag-SHI
- Extended
- veh-eet-pih-lahg-SHEE
- IPA
- /vəʔeːt.piː.lagˈʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my concubine
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-pi-lag-SHI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-et-pi-lag-SHI i-NU
- clause
o-TI di-MU la-ha-ROG ve-et-pi-lag-SHI i-NU va-ta-MOT
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu a-LAI ba-a-LEI ha-giv-A va-ya-SO-vu a-LAI et-ha-BA-yit LAI-la o-TI di-MU la-ha-ROG ve-et-pi-lag-SHI i-NU va-ta-MOT
Exegesis
The parallel objects oti {אוֹתִי | ʾō-ṯî} ‘me’ and ve-et-pilegeshi {וְאֶת־פִּילַגְשִׁי | wə-ʾet-pīlāgešî} ‘my concubine’ are acted upon by inu {עִנּוּ | ʿinnû} ‘they humiliated,’ and the final vav-consecutive imperfect vattamot {וַתָּמֹת | wayyāmmôt} ‘and she died’ delivers tragic closure. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew’s chronological flow and emphatic repetition to underscore escalating violence.
Root and etymology
p-l-gpeh–lamed–gimel
“concubine, secondary spouse”
In context — Judges 20:5
And the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, and they abused my concubine , and she died.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 20:5, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־פִּילַגְשִׁ֥י (veetpilagshi) 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.20.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.5.W12.S1) and character.