Judges 21:16:3Judg.21.16.W3TAB
הָעֵדָ֔ה
haeda
“the congregation”
- Transliteration
- ha-e-DA
- Extended
- haa-eh-DAA
- IPA
- /haː.ʕeːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the congregation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-e-DA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-me-RU zik-NE ha-e-DA
- clause
va-yo-me-RU zik-NE ha-e-DA ma-na-a-SE la-no-ta-RIM le-na-SHIM
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU zik-NE ha-e-DA ma-na-a-SE la-no-ta-RIM le-na-SHIM ki-nish-me-DA mib-bin-ya-MIN i-SHA
Exegesis
The subject phrase ziknei ha’edah {זִקְנֵי הָעֵדָה | ziqnê hāʾēḏāh} ‘elders of the assembly’ names the speakers.
Root and etymology
ʿ-d-hʿ-d-h
“to congregate”
In context — Judges 21:16
And the elders said, “What shall we do for the survivors regarding wives, since a woman has been destroyed from Benjamin ?”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 21:16, so the Hebrew word הָעֵדָ֔ה (haeda) 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.21.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.16.W3.S1) and character.