2 Chronicles 1:3:72 Chr.1.3.W7TAB
בְּגִבְע֑וֹן
begivon
“at Gibeon”
- Transliteration
- be-giv-ON
- Extended
- beh-gihv-OHN
- IPA
- /bəɣivˈʕoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- at Gibeon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-giv-ON
- phraseyour reading level
la-ba-MA a-SHER be-giv-ON
- clause
va-YE-le-KHU she-lo-MO ve-KHOL-ha-ka-HAL im-MO la-ba-MA a-SHER be-giv-ON
- sentence
va-YE-le-KHU she-lo-MO ve-KHOL-ha-ka-HAL im-MO la-ba-MA a-SHER be-giv-ON ki-SHAM ha-YA O-hel mo-ED ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER a-SA mo-SHE E-ved-ye-ho-VAH ba-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The destination is defined by labamah {לַבְּמָה | lab-bāmāh} ’high place’, further specified by the relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} with begivon {בְּגִבְעוֹן | bə-givʿôn} ‘at Gibeon’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 1:3
Solomon, accompanied by the entire assembly, went up to the high place at Gibeon, because there was the tent of meeting of God —the one which Moses, the servant of the LORD , had constructed in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 1:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 1:3, so the Hebrew word בְּגִבְע֑וֹן (begivon) 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 2 Chr.1.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.1.3.W7.S1) and character.