2 Chronicles 23:13:222 Chr.23.13.W22TAB
אֶת־בְּגָדֶ֔יהָ
etbegadeha
“her garments”
- Transliteration
- et-be-ga-DE-ha
- Extended
- eht-beh-gah-DEH-hah
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.bəɣaːˈdɛhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- her garments
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-be-ga-DE-ha
- clause
va-tik-RA a-tal-YA-hu et-be-ga-DE-ha va-to-MER KE-sher KA-sher
- sentence
va-te-RE ve-hin-NE ha-ME-lekh o-MED al-a-MU-do ba-ma-VO ve-ha-sa-RIM ve-ha-kha-tso-tse-ROT al-ha-ME-lekh ve-khol-AM ha-A-rets sa-ME-akh ve-to-KE-a ba-kha-tso-TSER-ot ve-ha-mesho-ra-RIM bikh-LE ha-SHIR u-mo-di-IM le-hal-LEL va-tik-RA a-tal-YA-hu et-be-ga-DE-ha va-to-MER KE-sher KA-sher
Exegesis
The abrupt shift to vatikra et-begadeha {וַתִּקְרַ֤ע אֶת־בְּגָדֶיהָ | va-ttiqrāʿ ʾet-be-ḡā-ḏē-hā} marks Athaliah’s protest, and the repeated kesher kesher {קֶשֶׁר קָשֶׁר | ke-šer qā-šer} employs repetition for rhetorical emphasis.
Root and etymology
b-g-dbet–gimel–dalet
“garment, covering”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:13
She looked and saw the king standing on his pillar at the entrance, accompanied by the officials and the trumpets. All the people of the land were celebrating and sounding trumpets, and the singers with instruments of song were proclaiming the praise. Then Athaliah tore her garments and exclaimed, “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:13:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Chronicles 23:13, so the Hebrew word אֶת־בְּגָדֶ֔יהָ (etbegadeha) 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.23.13.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.13.W22.S1) and character.