2 Kings 13:21:72 Kgs.13.21.W7TAB
אֶֽת־הַגְּד֔וּד
ethagedud
“the raiding band”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ge-DUD
- Extended
- eht-hah-geh-DOOD
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hag.dˈduːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- the raiding band
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-ge-DUD
- phraseyour reading level
RA-OO et-ha-ge-DUD
- clause
va-ye-HI HEM ko-ve-RIM ISH ve-hin-NE RA-OO et-ha-ge-DUD va-yash-LEE-KHU et-ha-ISH be-KE-ver e-li-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-HI HEM ko-ve-RIM ISH ve-hin-NE RA-OO et-ha-ge-DUD va-yash-LEE-KHU et-ha-ISH be-KE-ver e-li-SHA va-YE-lekh va-yig-GA ha-ISH be-ats-MOT e-li-SHA va-ye-KHI va-ya-KAM al-rag-LAV
Exegesis
The interjection vehineh {וְהִנֵּה֙ | wəhin-nēh} ‘behold’ signals an abrupt turn as ra’u {רָא֣וּ | rāʾû} ‘they saw’ introduces the hagedud {הַגְּד֔וּד | ha-ged-dûd} ‘the band’.
Root and etymology
g-d-dgimel–dalet–dalet
“band, troop”
In context — 2 Kings 13:21
And it happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they saw a raiding party, and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha . When the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 13:21, so the Hebrew word אֶֽת־הַגְּד֔וּד (ethagedud) 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 Kgs.13.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.21.W7.S1) and character.