1 Kings 20:27:91 Kgs.20.27.W9TAB
נֶגְדָּ֗ם
negdam
“before them”
- Transliteration
- neg-DAM
- Extended
- nehg-DAAM
- IPA
- /nɛɣˈd̪aːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- before them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
neg-DAM
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL neg-DAM kish-NEI kha-si-FEI i-ZIM va-a-RAM mil-E-u et-ha-A-rets
- sentence
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hat-pe-kDE-u ve-khol-ke-LU va-ye-le-KHU lik-ra-TAM va-ya-kha-NU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL neg-DAM kish-NEI kha-si-FEI i-ZIM va-a-RAM mil-E-u et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The construct noun bney-yisrael {בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-nê-yiś-rā-ʾêl} ‘sons of Israel’ identifies the force, with negdam {נֶגְדָּם | neg-dâm} ‘opposite them’ marking spatial contrast.
In context — 1 Kings 20:27
And the sons of Israel were mustered and provisioned, and they marched to meet their adversaries; the sons of Israel camped opposite them like two small flocks of goats, while Aram filled the land .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 20:27, so the Hebrew word נֶגְדָּ֗ם (negdam) 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.20.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.27.W9.S1) and character.