2 Chronicles 13:15:92 Chr.13.15.W9TAB
נָגַ֤ף
nagaf
“struck down or defeated”
- Transliteration
- na-GAF
- Extended
- naa-GAHF
- IPA
- /naːˈɣaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- struck down or defeated
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
na-GAF
- phraseyour reading level
na-GAF ET-ya-rav-AM
- clause
va-ye-HI be-ha-RI-a ISH ye-hu-DA ve-ha-e-lo-HIM na-GAF ET-ya-rav-AM ve-khol-yis-ra-EL lif-NE a-vi-YA vi-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-ya-RI-u ISH ye-hu-DA va-ye-HI be-ha-RI-a ISH ye-hu-DA ve-ha-e-lo-HIM na-GAF ET-ya-rav-AM ve-khol-yis-ra-EL lif-NE a-vi-YA vi-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The main outcome is expressed with the subject-first clause vehaelohim nagaf {וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים נָגַ֣ף | wəhāʾĕlōhîm nāgap̄} ‘and God struck down’, where the perfect verb presents the defeat as a completed, decisive act.
Root and etymology
consonantsNun–Gimel–Pe
“to strike, smite”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:15
So the men of Judah shouted , and as the men of Judah shouted, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 13:15, so the Hebrew word נָגַ֤ף (nagaf) 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.13.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.15.W9.S1) and character.