Judges 21:23:7Judg.21.23.W7TAB
מִן־הַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹת
minhamekholelot
“from the dancing women”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-me-kho-le-LOT
- Extended
- mihn-hah-meh-khoh-leh-LOHT
- IPA
- /min.hamməħol.ləˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the dancing women
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ha-me-kho-le-LOT
- clause
va-ya-a-SU-KHEN be-NEI bin-ya-MIN va-yis-E-U na-SHIM le-mis-pa-RAM min-ha-me-kho-le-LOT a-SHER ga-ZA-lu
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU-KHEN be-NEI bin-ya-MIN va-yis-E-U na-SHIM le-mis-pa-RAM min-ha-me-kho-le-LOT a-SHER ga-ZA-lu va-YE-le-khu va-ya-SHU-vu el-na-kha-la-TAM va-yiv-NU et-he-a-RIM va-YE-she-vu ba-HEM
Exegesis
The source expression min-hammĕḥollelôt ’ăšer gāzālû {מִן־הַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹת אֲשֶׁר גָּזָ֑לוּ | min-ham-me-ḥol-lōṯ ’ă-šer gā-zā-lû} specifies origin with a relative clause.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-l
“to whirl, dance”
In context — Judges 21:23
So the sons of Benjamin took women according to their number from the dancers whom they had captured, and then they returned to their inheritance . They rebuilt the cities and settled in them.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 21:23, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹת (minhamekholelot) 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.21.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.23.W7.S1) and character.