1 Samuel 14:24:21 Sam.14.24.W2TAB
נִגַּ֖שׂ
nigas
“was pressed or hard pressed”
- Transliteration
- ni-GAS
- Extended
- nih-GAHS
- IPA
- /nigˈgaːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- was pressed or hard pressed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
ni-GAS
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ISH-yis-ra-EL ni-GAS
- clause
ve-ISH-yis-ra-EL ni-GAS ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
ve-ISH-yis-ra-EL ni-GAS ba-YOM ha-HU va-yo-EL sha-UL et-ha-AM le-MOR a-RUR ha-ISH a-sher-yo-KHAL LE-khem ad-ha-E-rev ve-nik-kam-TI me-o-VAI ve-LO TA-am kol-ha-AM LA-khem
Root and etymology
Rootnun–gimel–shin
“to approach; be distressed”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:24
But the men of Israel were pressed that day, for Saul had bound the people under oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats food until evening when I have avenged myself on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 14:24, so the Hebrew word נִגַּ֖שׂ (nigas) 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.14.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.24.W2.S1) and character.