1 Samuel 17:3:91 Sam.17.3.W9TAB
וְהַגַּ֖יְא
vehagai
“and the valley”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-GAI
- Extended
- veh-hah-GAI
- IPA
- /vəhaɡˈɡajʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the valley
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-GAI
- clause
ve-ha-GAI be-ne-HEM
- sentence
u-fe-lish-TIM o-me-DIM el-ha-HAR mi-ZE ve-yis-ra-EL o-me-DIM el-ha-HAR mi-ZE ve-ha-GAI be-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The final clause, marked by vehagai {וְהַגַּיְא | wə-hag-gā-ʾî} ‘the valley’ followed by beynayhem {בֵּינֵיהֶם | bē-nāy-hēm} ‘between them’, highlights the intervening terrain.
Root and etymology
ג-י-א
“valley, ravine”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:3
The Philistines held their ground on the hill on one side, and Israel held the hill on the other side, with the valley between them.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 17:3, so the Hebrew word וְהַגַּ֖יְא (vehagai) 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.17.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.3.W9.S1) and character.