Judges 21:3:7Judg.21.3.W7TAB
זֹּ֖את
zot
“this”
- Transliteration
- ZOT
- Extended
- ZOHT
- IPA
- /ˈzoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ZOT
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ye-TA ZOT
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru la-MA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL ha-ye-TA ZOT be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru la-MA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL ha-ye-TA ZOT be-yis-ra-EL le-hi-pa-KED ha-YOM mi-yis-ra-EL SHE-vet e-KHAD
Exegesis
The demonstrative zōṯ {זֹּ֖את | zōṯ} ‘this’ points to the implied calamity.
In context — Judges 21:3
And they said, “Why, LORD God of Israel , has this happened in Israel, that one tribe should be missing from Israel today?”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 21:3, so the Hebrew word זֹּ֖את (zot) 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.21.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.3.W7.S1) and character.