2 Chronicles 20:24:82 Chr.20.24.W8TAB
פְּגָרִ֛ים
pegarim
“corpses”
- Transliteration
- pe-ga-RIM
- Extended
- peh-gah-REEM
- IPA
- /pəɣɔˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- corpses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
pe-ga-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NAM pe-ga-RIM
- clause
va-yif-NU el-he-ha-MON ve-hin-NAM pe-ga-RIM no-fe-LIM AR-tsa ve-EN pe-lei-TA
- sentence
vi-ye-hu-DA BA al-ha-mits-PE lam-mid-BAR va-yif-NU el-he-ha-MON ve-hin-NAM pe-ga-RIM no-fe-LIM AR-tsa ve-EN pe-lei-TA
Exegesis
The interjection ve-hinnām {וְהִנָּ֧ם | wehinnām} “and behold them” introduces the shocking scene, followed by the vivid participial clause pəgārîm nōp̄lîm arṣāh {פְּגָרִים נֹפְלִ֥ים אַרְצָה | pəgārîm nōp̄lîm arṣāh} “corpses falling on the ground,” employing participles for immediacy.
Root and etymology
p-g-r
“carcass, corpse”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:24
And Judah came to the watchtower overlooking the wilderness, and they turned toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses lying on the ground; and there was no survivor .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 20:24, so the Hebrew word פְּגָרִ֛ים (pegarim) 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.20.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.24.W8.S1) and character.