Judges 21:14:13Judg.21.14.W13TAB
וְלֹֽא־מָצְא֥וּ
velomatseu
“and they did not find”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-ma-tse-U
- Extended
- veh-LOH-mah-tseh-OO
- IPA
- /vəlɔː.maːtsəˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they did not find
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-ma-tse-U
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-ma-tse-U la-HEM
- clause
ve-LO-ma-tse-U la-HEM KEN
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV bin-ya-MIN ba-ET ha-HI va-yit-NU la-HEM ha-na-SHIM a-SHER khi-YU min-ne-SHE ya-VESH gil-AD ve-LO-ma-tse-U la-HEM KEN
Exegesis
The conjunctive negative velo-matsu lahem ken {וְלֹֽא־מָצְא֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם כֵּֽן | wĕlō’ māṣ’û lāhem kên} ‘and did not find for them thus’ uses kên as an adverb of measure to underscore insufficiency. The sequence moves from return to distribution to shortfall, preserving narrative cohesion.
In context — Judges 21:14
So Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had kept alive from the women of Jabesh Gilead. But they did not find enough for them.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 21:14, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־מָצְא֥וּ (velomatseu) 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.21.14.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.14.W13.S1) and character.