2 Kings 15:29:162 Kgs.15.29.W16TAB
וְאֶת־הַגִּלְעָד֙
veethagilad
“and the Gilead”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-gil-AD
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-gihl-AAD
- IPA
- /vəʔɛt.hag.gilˈʕaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the Gilead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| 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
ve-et-ha-gil-AD
- phraseyour reading level
ve-et-KE-desh ve-et-kha-TSOR ve-et-ha-gil-AD
- clause
bi-ME PE-kakh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL BA tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh a-SHUR va-yik-KAKH et-i-YON ve-et-a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-et-ya-NO-khakh ve-et-KE-desh ve-et-kha-TSOR ve-et-ha-gil-AD ve-et-ha-ga-li-LA KOL E-rets naf-ta-LI
- sentence
bi-ME PE-kakh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL BA tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh a-SHUR va-yik-KAKH et-i-YON ve-et-a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-et-ya-NO-khakh ve-et-KE-desh ve-et-kha-TSOR ve-et-ha-gil-AD ve-et-ha-ga-li-LA KOL E-rets naf-ta-LI va-yag-LEM a-shu-RA
Exegesis
The simple verb ba {בָּא֮ | bā’} ‘came’ signals a sudden incursion, immediately followed by the vav-consecutive vayikkach {וַיִּקַּ֣ח | way-yiq-qaḥ} ‘and he took’, introducing a series of direct objects marked by et {אֶת־ | ’et}.
In context — 2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, the Gilead, and the Galilee—all the land of Naphtali —and he exiled them to Assyria .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:29:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 15:29, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַגִּלְעָד֙ (veethagilad) 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.15.29.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.29.W16.S1) and character.