1 Samuel 22:18:71 Sam.22.18.W7TAB
וּפְגַ֖ע
ufega
“and strike”
- Transliteration
- u-fe-GA
- Extended
- oo-feh-GAH
- IPA
- /u.fəˈɣaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and strike
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
u-fe-GA
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-do-YIG le-do-EG SOV a-TA u-fe-GA ba-ko-ha-NIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-do-YIG le-do-EG SOV a-TA u-fe-GA ba-ko-ha-NIM va-yi-SOV do-YIG do-EG ha-a-do-MI va-yif-GA-u ba-ko-ha-NIM va-ya-MET ba-YOM ha-HU she-mo-NIM va-kha-mi-SHA ISH no-SE e-FOD BAD
Exegesis
The imperatives sov {סֹב | sov} and uprega {וּפְגַע | u-pə-ḡaʿ} convey authoritative commands.
Root and etymology
p-g-ʿpe–gimel–ayin
“strike, attack”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:18
And the king said to Doeg, “Turn and strike the priests.” Then Doeg the Edomite turned and struck the priests, and on that day he killed eighty-five men wearing a linen ephod .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 22:18, so the Hebrew word וּפְגַ֖ע (ufega) 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.22.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.18.W7.S1) and character.