1 Samuel 14:2:41 Sam.14.2.W4TAB
הַגִּבְעָ֔ה
hagiva
“the Gibeah”
- Transliteration
- ha-giv-A
- Extended
- hah-giv-AA
- IPA
- /hag.givˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Gibeah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-giv-A
- phraseyour reading level
bik-TSE ha-giv-A
- clause
ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bik-TSE ha-giv-A TA-khat ha-rim-MON a-SHER be-mig-RON
- sentence
ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bik-TSE ha-giv-A TA-khat ha-rim-MON a-SHER be-mig-RON ve-ha-AM a-SHER im-O ke-SHESH me-OT ISH
Exegesis
The spatial phrase biktzeh haggiv’ah {בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַגִּבְעָ֔ה | bə-qə-ṣē ha-giḇ-‘āh} ‘at the edge of the hill’ functions as a locative adjunct, followed by the prepositional modifier tachat harimon {תַּ֥חַת הָרִמּ֖וֹן | ta-ḥat hā-rim-mōn} ‘under the pomegranate tree.’
Root and etymology
g-b-‘gimel–bet–ayin
“hill, height”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:2
And Saul was sitting at the edge of the hill under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron, and the people who were with him were about six hundred men.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 14:2, so the Hebrew word הַגִּבְעָ֔ה (hagiva) 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 Sam.14.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.2.W4.S1) and character.