1 Chronicles 20:4:51 Chr.20.4.W5TAB
בְּגֶ֖זֶר
begezer
“in Gezer”
- Transliteration
- be-GE-zer
- Extended
- beh-GEH-zehr
- IPA
- /bəˈɡɛ.zɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Gezer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
be-GE-zer
- clause
va-ye-HI a-kha-REI-KHEN va-ta-a-MOD mil-kha-MA be-GE-zer im-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-REI-KHEN va-ta-a-MOD mil-kha-MA be-GE-zer im-pe-lish-TIM AZ hi-KA sib-be-KHAI ha-khu-sha-TI et-sip-PAI mi-yi-lid-EI har-fe-a-IM va-yik-ka-NE-u
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase beGezer {בְּגֶ֖זֶר | bə·ḡe·zêr} ‘in Gezer’ situates the action, and im-Pelishtim {עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | ʿim-plî·šṯîm} ‘with the Philistines’ names the opposing group.
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:4
And it happened after this, that war arose in Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbekai the Hushathite struck Sippai, from the descendants of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 20:4, so the Hebrew word בְּגֶ֖זֶר (begezer) 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.20.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.4.W5.S1) and character.