1 Kings 16:17:51 Kgs.16.17.W5TAB
מִֽגִּבְּת֑וֹן
migibbeton
“from Gibbethon”
- Transliteration
- mi-gib-be-TON
- Extended
- mih-gihb-beh-TOHN
- IPA
- /mig.gib.bəˈθoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Gibbethon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-gib-be-TON
- clause
va-ya-A-le om-RI ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL i-MO mi-gib-be-TON
- sentence
va-ya-A-le om-RI ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL i-MO mi-gib-be-TON va-ya-TSU-ru al-tir-TSa
Exegesis
The departure point is specified by mi-gibbethon {מִגִּבְּת֑וֹן | mi-giḇ-bā-ṯōn} ‘from Gibbethon’ before the subject shifts to plural in wayyatsuru {וַיָּצֻרוּ | wayyaṣūrû} ‘and they besieged’.
In context — 1 Kings 16:17
Then Omri and all Israel with him advanced from Gibbethon and encircled Tirzah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 16:17, so the Hebrew word מִֽגִּבְּת֑וֹן (migibbeton) 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 Kgs.16.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.17.W5.S1) and character.