2 Chronicles 13:3:52 Chr.13.3.W5TAB
גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י
gibore
“mighty men of”
- Transliteration
- gi-bo-RE
- Extended
- gih-boh-REE
- IPA
- /gib.boːˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- mighty men of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
gi-bo-RE
- phraseyour reading level
gi-bo-RE mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-YE-ES-OR a-vi-YA et-ha-mil-kha-MA ba-kha-YIL gi-bo-RE mil-kha-MA ar-ba-me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR
- sentence
va-YE-ES-OR a-vi-YA et-ha-mil-kha-MA ba-kha-YIL gi-bo-RE mil-kha-MA ar-ba-me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR ve-ya-rav-AM A-rakh im-MO mil-kha-MA bish-mo-NE me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR gi-BOR KHA-yil
Exegesis
The phrase bechayil giborei milchamah {בְּחַיִל גִּבּוֹרֵי מִלְחָמָה | bə-ḥa-yîl gib-bō-rê mil-ḥā-māh} uses a preposition plus construct chain to denote an elite force.
Root and etymology
g-b-rgimel–bet–resh
“strong one”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:3
Abijah marshaled an army of four hundred thousand chosen men for battle and drew up the battle lines ; Jeroboam likewise arranged eight hundred thousand chosen warriors against him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 13:3, so the Hebrew word גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י (gibore) 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.13.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.3.W5.S1) and character.