Judges 21:12:16Judg.21.12.W16TAB
אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙
elhamakhane
“to the camp”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ma-kha-NE
- Extended
- ehl-hah-mah-khah-NEH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ham.maħăˈnɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the camp
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
el-ha-ma-kha-NE
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE
- clause
va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE shi-LO a-SHER be-E-rets ke-NA-an
- sentence
va-yim-TSE-u mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD ar-BA me-OT na-a-RA ve-tu-LA a-SHER lo-ya-de-A ISH le-mish-KAV za-KHAR va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE shi-LO a-SHER be-E-rets ke-NA-an
Exegesis
The Hiphil vav-consecutive vayyāḇî’û otām ’ēl hammaḥănēh Šîlōh {וַיָּבִיאוּ אוֹתָם אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶה שִׁלֹה | wayyā·ḇî·ʾû ’ôtām ’ēl ham·maḥănēh Šî·lōh} ‘and they brought them to the camp of Shiloh’ is rendered with a possessive English noun phrase.
In context — Judges 21:12
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who were virgins and who had not known a man by lying with a male , and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:12:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Judges 21:12, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ (elhamakhane) 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.21.12.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.12.W16.S1) and character.