Judges 21:23:9Judg.21.23.W9TAB

גָּזָ֑לוּ

gazalu

they seized or took by force

Transliteration
ga-ZA-lu
Extended
gaa-ZAA-loo
IPA
/gaːˈzaːluː/

Meaning by language

English
they seized or took by force

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
גָּ + זָ֑ + לוּ
ga + za + lu
gazalu

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Zayinz as in zero
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ga-ZA-lu

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER ga-ZA-lu

  3. 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

  4. 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.

In contextJudges 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 21:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 21:23, so the Hebrew word גָּזָ֑לוּ (gazalu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.23.W9.S1) and character.