Judges 21:10:18Judg.21.10.W18TAB
וְהַטָּֽף׃
vehataf
“and the little ones”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-TAF
- Extended
- veh-hah-TAHF
- IPA
- /vəhatˈṭaːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the little ones
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-TAF
- clause
va-ye-tsa-VU o-TAM le-MOR le-KHU ve-hi-KI-tem et-yo-she-VEI ya-VESH gil-AD le-fi-KHE-rev ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU-SHAM ha-e-DA she-NEIM-a-SAHR E-lef ISH mib-be-NEI he-kha-YIL va-ye-tsa-VU o-TAM le-MOR le-KHU ve-hi-KI-tem et-yo-she-VEI ya-VESH gil-AD le-fi-KHE-rev ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF
Exegesis
The phrase wəhannašîm wəhattāp̄ {וְהַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּף | wəhannašîm wəhattāp̄} ‘and the women and the little ones’ extends the violence to noncombatants. The English rendering preserves Hebrew sequence and imperative mood, retaining the original’s force.
Root and etymology
ṭ-w-pṭ–w–p
“infants, dependents”
In context — Judges 21:10
So the assembly sent twelve thousand men from the sons of valor, and they commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead by the edge of the sword, including the women and the little ones .”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:10:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 21:10, so the Hebrew word וְהַטָּֽף׃ (vehataf) 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.21.10.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.10.W18.S1) and character.