1 Chronicles 18:1:81 Chr.18.1.W8TAB

אֶת־גַּ֥ת

etgat

{direct object marker} Gath

Transliteration
et-GAT
Extended
eet-GAHT
IPA
/ʔɛtˈgat/

Meaning by language

English
{direct object marker} Gath

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶת + גַּ֥ת
et + gat
etgat

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
Gimelg as in good
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    et-GAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    et-GAT u-ve-no-TE-ha

  3. clause

    va-yik-KAKH et-GAT u-ve-no-TE-ha mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN va-YAKH da-VID et-pe-lish-TIM va-yakh-ni-EM va-yik-KAKH et-GAT u-ve-no-TE-ha mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM

Exegesis

The coordination et-gat ūbenotehā {אֶת־גַּת וּבְנֹתֶיהָ | ʾet-gat ūbənōtehā} is rendered “Gath and its towns.”

In context1 Chronicles 18:1

And it happened after this that David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and he took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 18:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 18:1, so the Hebrew word אֶת־גַּ֥ת (etgat) 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.18.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.1.W8.S1) and character.