Judges 21:8:9Judg.21.8.W9TAB
הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה
hammitspa
“to Mizpah”
- Transliteration
- ham-mits-PA
- Extended
- hahm-mih츠-PAH
- IPA
- /ham.mitsˈpaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Mizpah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ham-mits-PA
- 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 destination appears in the prepositional phrase el-YHWH ha-mitzpah {אֶל־יְהוָה הַמִּצְפָּה | ʾel-Yə-hō-wāh ha-miẓ-pāh} ‘to the LORD at Mizpah’.
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 21:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 21:8, so the Hebrew word הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה (hammitspa) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.8.W9.S1) and character.