1 Kings 22:15:91 Kgs.22.15.W9TAB
גִּלְעָ֖ד
gilad
“Gilead”
- Transliteration
- gil-AD
- Extended
- gihl-AAD
- IPA
- /gil.ˈʕaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- Gilead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gil-AD
- clause
va-ya-BO el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh e-LA-yv mi-kha-YE-hu ha-ne-LEKH el-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-ya-BO el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh e-LA-yv mi-kha-YE-hu ha-ne-LEKH el-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA im-nekh-DAL va-yo-MER e-LA-yv a-LE ve-ha-ts-LAKH ve-na-TAN ye-ho-VAH be-YAD ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The locative ʼel-Rāmôṯ-Gilʻāḏ {אֶל־רָמֹת-גִּלְעָד | ʾel-rāmōṯ-gilʻāḏ} and the purpose lammilḥāmāh {לַמִּלְחָמָה | lammilḥāmāh} ‘to battle’ specify the conflict setting.
In context — 1 Kings 22:15
And Micaiah came to the king, and the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead in battle, or shall we refrain?” And he answered, “Go up and succeed, and the LORD will give it into the hand of the king .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 22:15, so the Hebrew word גִּלְעָ֖ד (gilad) 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.22.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.15.W9.S1) and character.