1 Samuel 15:8:21 Sam.15.8.W2TAB
אֶת־אֲגַ֥ג
etagag
“Agag”
- Transliteration
- et-a-GAG
- Extended
- eht-ah-GAG
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʔaˈɣaɣ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Agag
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-a-GAG
- phraseyour reading level
et-a-GAG meh-lekh-ah-ma-LEK
- clause
va-yit-POS et-a-GAG meh-lekh-ah-ma-LEK KHAI
- sentence
va-yit-POS et-a-GAG meh-lekh-ah-ma-LEK KHAI ve-et-KOL-ha-AM he-khe-RIM leh-fee-KHA-rev
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks ʾaḡag {אֲגַ֥ג | ʾaḡag} ‘Agag’, further specified by the construct phrase mēleḵ {מֶֽלֶךְ | mēleḵ} ‘king’ and ʿămalēq {עֲמָלֵ֖ק | ʿămalēq} ‘of Amalek’.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:8
And he captured Agag, the king of Amalek, alive, and devoted all the people to destruction by the edge of the sword .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 15:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אֲגַ֥ג (etagag) 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.15.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.8.W2.S1) and character.