2 Kings 18:37:122 Kgs.18.37.W12TAB

בְגָדִ֑ים

vegadim

garments

Transliteration
ve-ga-DIM
Extended
veh-gah-DEEM
IPA
/vəɣaːˈdiːm/

Meaning by language

English
garments

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְ + גָ + דִ֑ים
ve + ga + dim
vegadim

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ga-DIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ke-ru-E ve-ga-DIM

  3. clause

    va-ya-VO e-le-ya-KIM BEN-khil-ki-YA a-SHER-al-ha-BA-yit ve-SHEV-na ha-so-FER ve-yo-AKH BEN-a-SAF ha-maz-KIR el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ke-ru-E ve-ga-DIM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO e-le-ya-KIM BEN-khil-ki-YA a-SHER-al-ha-BA-yit ve-SHEV-na ha-so-FER ve-yo-AKH BEN-a-SAF ha-maz-KIR el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ke-ru-E ve-ga-DIM va-ya-GI-du LO div-RE rav-sha-KE

Exegesis

The participial phrase qerūʿē begādîm {קְרוּעֵ֣י בְגָדִים | qərūʿē bǝgādîm} ‘torn garments’ functions as a ritual expression of mourning.

Root and etymology

b-g-d

garment, covering

In context2 Kings 18:37

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with torn garments and reported to him the words of Rabshakeh .

About this coordinate

2 Kings 18:37:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 18:37, so the Hebrew word בְגָדִ֑ים (vegadim) 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.18.37.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.37.W12.S1) and character.