2 Chronicles 18:2:172 Chr.18.2.W17TAB
גִּלְעָֽד׃
gilad
“Gilead”
- Transliteration
- gil-AD
- Extended
- gihl-AAD
- IPA
- /ɡilˈʕaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- Gilead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gil-AD
- phraseyour reading level
el-ra-MOT gil-AD
- clause
va-ye-si-TE-hu la-a-LOT el-ra-MOT gil-AD
- sentence
va-ye-RED le-KETS sha-NIM el-a-KHAV le-shom-re-RON va-yiz-BAKH-lo a-KHAV TSON u-va-KAR la-ROV ve-la-AM a-SHER i-MO va-ye-si-TE-hu la-a-LOT el-ra-MOT gil-AD
Exegesis
The verb vaysittehu {וַיְסִיתֵ֕הוּ | wayyəssittehû} ‘and he incited him’ is a Hifil imperfect with a suffix, followed by the infinitive laalot {לַעֲל֖וֹת | laʿălôt} ‘to go up’, indicating purpose toward Ramot Gil‘ād {רָמ֥וֹת גִּלְעָֽד | rāmôt Gilʿād}. The sequence underscores a narrative flow from hospitality to persuasion.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:2
After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria, and Ahab slaughtered sheep and cattle in abundance for him and the people with him; then he induced him to go up to Ramoth Gilead .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Chronicles 18:2, so the Hebrew word גִּלְעָֽד׃ (gilad) 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.18.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.2.W17.S1) and character.