Judges 21:8:16Judg.21.8.W16TAB
אֶל־הַקָּהָֽל׃
elhakkahal
“to the assembly”
- Transliteration
- el-hak-ka-HAL
- Extended
- ehl-hahk-kah-HAAL
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haq.qaˈhaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the assembly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-hak-ka-HAL
- clause
ve-hin-NE LO va-IHSH el-ham-ma-kha-NE miy-ya-VESH gil-AD el-hak-ka-HAL
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru MI e-KHAD mish-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-SHER lo-A-LA el-ye-ho-VAH ham-mits-PA ve-hin-NE LO va-IHSH el-ham-ma-kha-NE miy-ya-VESH gil-AD el-hak-ka-HAL
Exegesis
The phrase mi-yaveish Gil’ad {מִיָּבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד | mî-ya-ḇê-š gil-ʿāḏ} ‘from Jabesh Gilead’ precedes el-ha-kahal {אֶל־הַקָּהָל | ʾel-ha-qā-hāl} ‘to the assembly’. The repetition of waw-consecutive verbs and the embedding of relative and prepositional phrases echo Hebrew narrative pacing and underscore the absence of representatives from Jabesh Gilead.
Root and etymology
q-h-lQof, Heh, Lamed
“to assemble, gather”
In context — Judges 21:8
And they said, “Who is the one from the tribes of Israel who did not go up to the LORD at Mizpah?” And behold, no man came to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly .
About this coordinate
Judges 21:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Judges 21:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַקָּהָֽל׃ (elhakkahal) 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.21.8.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.8.W16.S1) and character.