2 Kings 17:12:22 Kgs.17.12.W2TAB
הַגִּלֻּלִ֑ים
hagilulim
“the idols”
- Transliteration
- ha-gi-lu-LIM
- Extended
- hah-gih-luh-LIM
- IPA
- /haɡil.luˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the idols
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-gi-lu-LIM
- clause
va-ya-VE-du ha-gi-lu-LIM
- sentence
va-ya-VE-du ha-gi-lu-LIM a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH la-HEM LO ta-a-SU ET-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
Exegesis
The definite noun hagillulim {הַגִּלֻּלִ֑ים | ha·gillû·lîm} ‘the idols’ signals specific objects of worship.
In context — 2 Kings 17:12
And they served the idols, which the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:12, so the Hebrew word הַגִּלֻּלִ֑ים (hagilulim) 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.17.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.12.W2.S1) and character.