Judges 20:6:10Judg.20.6.W10TAB
זִמָּ֥ה
zimma
“a lewd act”
- Transliteration
- zim-MA
- Extended
- zihm-MAA
- IPA
- /zimˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a lewd act
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
zim-MA
- phraseyour reading level
zim-MA u-ne-va-LA
- clause
KI a-SU zim-MA u-ne-va-LA be-yis-re-a-EL
- sentence
va-o-KHEZ be-fi-lag-SHI va-a-nat-te-KHE-ha va-a-shal-le-KHE-ha be-KHOL-se-DE na-kha-LAT yis-re-a-EL KI a-SU zim-MA u-ne-va-LA be-yis-re-a-EL
Exegesis
The conjunction ki introduces a causal clause with two parallel abstract nouns: zimmah {זִמָּ֥ה | zimmāh} ‘lewdness’ and nevalah {וּנְבָלָ֖ה | u-nĕ-vā-lāh} ‘disgrace’, heightening the moral atrocity. The translation preserves the Hebrew’s stark sequence and emphatic momentum.
Root and etymology
z-m-mzayin–mem–mem
“to devise evil, immoral intent”
In context — Judges 20:6
And I seized my concubine and dismembered her, and sent her throughout every territory of Israel's inheritance, because they committed lewdness and disgrace in Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 20:6, so the Hebrew word זִמָּ֥ה (zimma) 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.20.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.6.W10.S1) and character.