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
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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
ve-ga-DIM
- phraseyour reading level
ke-ru-E ve-ga-DIM
- 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
- 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 context — 2 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.