1 Samuel 15:4:81 Sam.15.4.W8TAB
רַגְלִ֑י
ragli
“on foot”
- Transliteration
- rag-LI
- Extended
- rahg-LEE
- IPA
- /ragˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on foot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
rag-LI
- clause
va-yish-MA sha-UL ET-ha-AM va-yif-ke-DEM ba-te-la-IM ma-a-TA-yim E-lef rag-LI
- sentence
va-yish-MA sha-UL ET-ha-AM va-yif-ke-DEM ba-te-la-IM ma-a-TA-yim E-lef rag-LI va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ET-ISH ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The construct noun raġlî {רַגְלִ֑י | raġlî} ‘foot soldiers’ qualifies the class of troops.
Root and etymology
Rootr-g-l
“to tread; walk”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:4
And Saul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 15:4, so the Hebrew word רַגְלִ֑י (ragli) 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.15.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.4.W8.S1) and character.