Judges 20:5:3Judg.20.5.W3TAB
בַּעֲלֵ֣י
baalei
“the lords of”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-LEI
- Extended
- bah-ah-LEE
- IPA
- /ba.ʕaˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the lords of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ba-a-LEI
- phraseyour reading level
ba-a-LEI ha-giv-A
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu a-LAI ba-a-LEI ha-giv-A va-ya-SO-vu a-LAI et-ha-BA-yit LAI-la
- 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 construct chain ba'alei ha-giv'ah {בַּעֲלֵי הַגִּבְעָה | baʿălê ha-gibbə-ʿāh} ‘men of Gibeah’ identifies the perpetrators, while the direct object marker et introduces et-ha-bayit {אֵת־הַבַּיִת | ʾet-ha-bā-yit} ‘the house.’
Root and etymology
ב־ע־ל
“owner”
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 20:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:5, so the Hebrew word בַּעֲלֵ֣י (baalei) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.5.W3.S1) and character.