1 Chronicles 21:15:211 Chr.21.15.W21TAB
עִם־גֹּ֖רֶן
imgoren
“with the threshing floor of”
- Transliteration
- im-GO-ren
- Extended
- ihm-GOH-rehn
- IPA
- /ʕim.ˈgoːrɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the threshing floor of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-GO-ren
- clause
u-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH o-MED im-GO-ren or-NAN ha-ye-vu-SI
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM mal-AKH li-ru-sha-LA-yim le-hash-khi-TAH u-khe-hash-KHIT ra-AH ye-ho-VAH va-yin-NA-khem al-ha-ra-AH va-yo-MER lam-mal-AKH ham-mash-KHIT RAV a-TAH HE-ref ya-DE-kha u-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH o-MED im-GO-ren or-NAN ha-ye-vu-SI
Exegesis
Finally, the construct malʾākh YHWH {מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה | malʾāḵ YHWH} ‘angel of the LORD’ paired with ʿimgōren {עִם-גֹּרֶן | ʿimgōren} ‘with the threshing floor’ of ʾŏrnān hayĕvūsî {אָרְנָן הַיְבוּסִי | ʾŏrnān hayĕvūsî} frames the location. The progression from purpose clauses to narrative interruption, spoken command, and locative participle underscores the theology of divine judgment and mercy.
Root and etymology
consonantsgimel–resh–nun
“threshing floor”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:15
And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. But as he was destroying, the LORD saw and relented concerning the calamity , and He said to the destroyer, “Enough ! Now hold back your hand.” Then the angel of the LORD stood at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:15:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 1 Chronicles 21:15, so the Hebrew word עִם־גֹּ֖רֶן (imgoren) 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.21.15.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.15.W21.S1) and character.