Judges 21:8:4Judg.21.8.W4TAB
מִשִּׁבְטֵ֣י
mishshivte
“from the tribes of”
- Transliteration
- mish-shiv-TE
- Extended
- mihsh-shihv-TEH
- IPA
- /miʃ.ʃivˈtɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the tribes of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
mish-shiv-TE
- phraseyour reading level
mish-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL
- clause
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
- 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 echad mishivtei yisrael {אֶחָד מִשִּׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾe-ḥāḏ miš-šî-ḇṯê yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘one of the tribes of Israel’ forms a construct chain linking the numeral to the tribal designation.
Root and etymology
š-b-ṭshin–bet–tet
“tribe, staff”
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 21:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 21:8, so the Hebrew word מִשִּׁבְטֵ֣י (mishshivte) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.8.W4.S1) and character.