2 Kings 21:11:162 Kgs.21.11.W16TAB
בְּגִלּוּלָֽיו׃
begillulav
“with his idols”
- Transliteration
- be-gil-lu-LAV
- Extended
- beh-gihl-loo-LAV
- IPA
- /bəɡil.luːˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- with his idols
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
be-gil-lu-LAV
- clause
va-ya-kha-TI gam-et-ye-hu-DA be-gil-lu-LAV
- sentence
YA-an a-SHER a-SA me-na-SHE ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA hat-to-e-VOT ha-E-le he-RA mik-KOL a-sher-a-SU ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER le-fa-NAV va-ya-kha-TI gam-et-ye-hu-DA be-gil-lu-LAV
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת | ’et} before Yehudah highlights the national scope of sin, and the prepositional phrase begilulav {בְּגִלּוּלָיו | bə-gi-lū-lāw} ‘with his idols’ specifies the means of apostasy.
Root and etymology
g-l-lgimel–lamed–lamed
“idol, shapeless thing”
In context — 2 Kings 21:11
Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations , he has done more evil than all that the Amorites who were before him did, and he has also caused Judah to sin with his idols .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:11:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 21:11, so the Hebrew word בְּגִלּוּלָֽיו׃ (begillulav) 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.21.11.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.11.W16.S1) and character.