2 Chronicles 30:10:122 Chr.30.10.W12TAB
וּמַלְעִגִ֖ים
umaligim
“and mocking”
- Transliteration
- u-mal-i-GIM
- Extended
- oo-mahl-eh-GIHM
- IPA
- /u.mal.ʕiˈɣiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and mocking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| 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
u-mal-i-GIM
- clause
va-yih-YU ma-se-khi-KIM a-le-HEM u-mal-i-GIM BAM
- sentence
va-yih-YU ha-ra-TSIM o-ve-RIM me-IR la-IR be-E-rets-e-fe-ra-YIM u-me-na-SHE ve-ad-ze-vu-LUN va-yih-YU ma-se-khi-KIM a-le-HEM u-mal-i-GIM BAM
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive vayihyu {וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ | wayyihyû} ‘and they were’ introduces the reaction, expressed by maskhikim {מַשְׂחִיקִ֣ים | mas-ḥî-qîm} ‘mocking’ and umaligim {וּמַלְעִגִ֖ים | ūm-la-‘î-gîm} ‘ridiculing’, each reinforced by ʿalêhem {עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם | ʿă-lê-hêm} ‘against them’ and bām {בָּֽם | bām} ‘at them’. The parallelism and repetition underscore the couriers’ determined mission contrasted with the populace’s derision.
Root and etymology
l-‘-glamed–ayin–gimel
“to deride, ridicule”
In context — 2 Chronicles 30:10
And the messengers were passing from city to city in the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh and as far as Zebulun, but the people were mocking them and ridiculing them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 30:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 30:10, so the Hebrew word וּמַלְעִגִ֖ים (umaligim) 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.30.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.30.10.W12.S1) and character.