1 Samuel 15:34:71 Sam.15.34.W7TAB
גִּבְעַ֥ת
givat
“Gibeah of”
- Transliteration
- giv-AT
- Extended
- gihv-AHT
- IPA
- /giv.ˈʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- Gibeah of
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
giv-AT
- phraseyour reading level
giv-AT sha-UL
- clause
ve-sha-UL a-LA el-BE-to giv-AT sha-UL
- sentence
va-YE-lekh she-moo-EL ha-ra-MA-ta ve-sha-UL a-LA el-BE-to giv-AT sha-UL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase elbeto gibbath shaul {אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ גִּבְעַ֥ת שָׁאֽוּל׃ | ʾel-bēṯô gibbā‘aṯ šā’ûl}, “to his house, Gibeah of Saul,” employs a preposition plus construct chain with pronominal suffix to express possession and location. This structure contrasts Samuel’s and Saul’s paths while anchoring each in specific locales.
Root and etymology
ג־ב־ע
“hill”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:34
And Samuel went to Ramah , and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:34:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 15:34, so the Hebrew word גִּבְעַ֥ת (givat) 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.15.34.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.34.W7.S1) and character.