Judges 21:12:8Judg.21.12.W8TAB
בְתוּלָ֔ה
vetula
“a virgin”
- Transliteration
- ve-tu-LA
- Extended
- veh-too-LAA
- IPA
- /vətuːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a virgin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-tu-LA
- phraseyour reading level
na-a-RA ve-tu-LA
- clause
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
- 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 appositional pair na‘arāh betulah {נַעֲרָה בְתוּלָה | na‛ărāh bə·tûlāh} clarifies status.
Root and etymology
b-t-lbet–tav–lamed
“virgin”
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 21:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 21:12, so the Hebrew word בְתוּלָ֔ה (vetula) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.12.W8.S1) and character.