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

Result
הַמ + מִּצְ + פָּ֑ה
ham + mits + pa
hammitspa

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tsadets as in cats
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ham-mits-PA

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextJudges 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.