1 Chronicles 17:21:181 Chr.17.21.W18TAB

לְגָרֵ֗שׁ

legaresh

to drive out

Transliteration
le-ga-RESH
Extended
leh-gah-REESH
IPA
/ləgaːˈreːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
to drive out

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + גָ + רֵ֗שׁ
le + ga + resh
legaresh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-ga-RESH

  2. clause

    a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM

  3. sentence

    u-MI ke-am-ME-kha yis-ra-EL GOY e-KHAD ba-A-rets a-SHER ha-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM lif-DOT LO AM la-SUM le-KHA SHEM ge-du-LOT ve-no-OT le-ga-RESH mip-pe-NE am-ME-kha a-sher-pa-DI-ta mim-mits-ra-YIM go-YIM

Exegesis

The Piel infinitive lə-ḡā-reš {לְגָרֵ֗שׁ | lə-ḡā-reš} ‘to drive out’ introduces expulsion, and mippə-nê ʿam-mə-ḵâ {מִפְּנֵ֧י עַמְּךָ֛ | mippə-nê ʿam-mə-ḵâ} ‘from before Your people’ indicates spatial relation.

In context1 Chronicles 17:21

And who is like Your people Israel, one nation on earth, for whom God went to redeem for Himself a people, and to make for You a name through great and awesome deeds , driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt, from among the nations?

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 17:21:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Chronicles 17:21, so the Hebrew word לְגָרֵ֗שׁ (legaresh) 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 1 Chr.17.21.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.21.W18.S1) and character.