Judges 21:17:3Judg.21.17.W3TAB
פְּלֵיטָ֖ה
peleita
“a survivor group or escapees”
- Transliteration
- pe-lei-TA
- Extended
- peh-lee-TAA
- IPA
- /pəleːˈtˤaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a survivor group or escapees
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-lei-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ye-rush-SHAT pe-lei-TA
- clause
va-yo-me-RU ye-rush-SHAT pe-lei-TA le-vin-ya-MIN
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ye-rush-SHAT pe-lei-TA le-vin-ya-MIN ve-lo-yi-MA-kheh SHE-vet mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The construct chain yerushat peleitah functions as a determinate phrase, where yerushat {יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת | yĕrûšaṯ} ‘inheritance’ is governed by peleitah {פְּלֵיטָ֖ה | pəlēyṭāh} ‘remnant’, specifying the obligation.
Root and etymology
p-l-ṭpe–lamed–tet
“to escape, survive”
In context — Judges 21:17
And they said, “An inheritance must remain for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 21:17, so the Hebrew word פְּלֵיטָ֖ה (peleita) 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.21.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.17.W3.S1) and character.