1 Kings 21:27:71 Kgs.21.27.W7TAB
בְּגָדָ֔יו
begadav
“his garments”
- Transliteration
- be-ga-DAV
- Extended
- beh-gah-DAAV
- IPA
- /bəɣaːˈdaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his garments
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
be-ga-DAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA be-ga-DAV
- clause
va-ye-HI khish-mo-A akh-AV et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yik-RA be-ga-DAV va-ya-SEM-sak al-be-sa-RO va-ya-TSOM
- sentence
va-ye-HI khish-mo-A akh-AV et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yik-RA be-ga-DAV va-ya-SEM-sak al-be-sa-RO va-ya-TSOM va-yish-KAV bas-SAK va-ye-hal-LEKH AT
Exegesis
The construct chains in begadav {בְּגָדָיו | bev-ḡa-ˈdav} ‘his garments’ and al-besaro {עַל־בְּשָׂרוֹ | al-be-ˈsa-ro} ‘upon his flesh’ foreground the physical objects of his grief.
Root and etymology
ב־ג־ד
“garment, clothing”
In context — 1 Kings 21:27
And it happened, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his garments and put on sackcloth upon his flesh, and he fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around slowly.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 21:27, so the Hebrew word בְּגָדָ֔יו (begadav) 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.21.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.27.W7.S1) and character.