בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה

   bag-giv-A

   in Gibeah
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשָׁאוּל֩ יוֹשֵׁ֨ב בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה

   ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A

   and Saul was sitting in Gibeah
3. clause🔊 וְשָׁאוּל֩ יוֹשֵׁ֨ב בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה תַּֽחַת־הָאֶ֤שֶׁל בָּֽרָמָה֙ וַחֲנִית֣וֹ בְיָד֔וֹ וְכָל־עֲבָדָ֖יו נִצָּבִ֥ים עָלָֽיו׃

   ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA va-kha-ni-TO ve-ya-DO ve-KHOL-a-va-DAV ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV

   and Saul was sitting in Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height and his spear in his hand and all his servants were standing around him
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע שָׁא֔וּל כִּ֚י נוֹדַ֣ע דָּוִ֔ד וַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֑וֹ וְשָׁאוּל֩ יוֹשֵׁ֨ב בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה תַּֽחַת־הָאֶ֤שֶׁל בָּֽרָמָה֙ וַחֲנִית֣וֹ בְיָד֔וֹ וְכָל־עֲבָדָ֖יו נִצָּבִ֥ים עָלָֽיו׃

   va-yish-MA sha-UL KI no-DA da-VID va-a-na-SHIM a-SHER i-TO ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA va-kha-ni-TO ve-ya-DO ve-KHOL-a-va-DAV ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV

   and he heard Saul that was made known David and men who with him and Saul was sitting in Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height and his spear in his hand and all his servants were standing around him

Exegesis

Sequential locative elements bagiv‘ah {בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה | ba-gi-ʿāh} ‘at Gibeah’, tachat-ha’eshel {תַּֽחַת־הָאֶ֤שֶׁל | ta-ḥat-hā-ʾe-šel} ‘under the tamarisk tree’, and baramah {בָּֽרָמָה֙ | bā-rā-māh} ‘on the height’ define the specific vantage point.