2 Chronicles 16:6:142 Chr.16.6.W14TAB
אֶת־גֶּ֖בַע
etgeva
“Geba”
- Transliteration
- ET-GE-va
- Extended
- EET-GEH-vah
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ɡɛˈvaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Geba
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-GE-va
- clause
va-yi-VEN ba-HEM ET-GE-va ve-ET-ha-mits-PA
- sentence
ve-a-SA ha-ME-lekh la-KAKH ET-kol-ye-hu-DA va-yis-E-u ET-av-NEI ha-ra-MA ve-ET-e-TSE-ha a-SHER ba-NA ba-SHA va-yi-VEN ba-HEM ET-GE-va ve-ET-ha-mits-PA
Exegesis
The concluding vayiven {וַיִּבֶן | wayyiven} ‘he built’ with bahem {בָּהֶ֔ם | bāhēm} ‘with them’ presents et-gevah {אֶת־גֶּ֖בַע | ʼet-geḇa‘} ‘Geba’ and ve-et-hammîṣpāh {וְאֶת־הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ | wə-ʼet-hammîṣpāh} ‘Mizpah’, emphasizing the repurposing of Ramah’s resources into Judah’s defenses. This syntax preserves the Hebrew verb-subject-object sequence for narrative immediacy and highlights the strategic reuse of enemy materials.
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:6
Then King Asa mustered all Judah, and they carried off the stones of Ramah and its timbers that Baasha had used for building; with them he built Geba and Mizpah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:6:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 16:6, so the Hebrew word אֶת־גֶּ֖בַע (etgeva) 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.16.6.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.6.W14.S1) and character.