2 Kings 22:11:82 Kgs.22.11.W8TAB
אֶת־בְּגָדָֽיו׃
etbegadav
“{direct object} his garments or his clothes”
- Transliteration
- et-be-ga-DAV
- Extended
- eht-beh-gah-DAAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.bəɣaːˈdaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} his garments or his clothes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-be-ga-DAV
- clause
va-yik-RA et-be-ga-DAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a ha-ME-lekh et-div-RE SE-fer ha-to-RA va-yik-RA et-be-ga-DAV
Exegesis
The subject hamelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammēleḵ} is followed by the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ’et}, which governs the construct chain divrei sefer hatorah {דִּבְרֵי סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה | dibrē sēper hattôrāh} ‘words of the book of the law’, underlining canonical authority.
The vav-consecutive imperfect vayikra {וַיִּקְרַע | vayyiqra‘} ‘and he tore’ conveys the king’s visceral reaction, and the pronominal suffix in begadav {בְּגָדָיו | bĕgādāw} ‘his clothes’ personalizes his mourning gesture. This cause-and-effect structure is maintained to preserve the text’s emotional intensity.
Root and etymology
b-g-dbet–gimel–dalet
“garment, covering”
In context — 2 Kings 22:11
And it happened, when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 22:11, so the Hebrew word אֶת־בְּגָדָֽיו׃ (etbegadav) 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.22.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.11.W8.S1) and character.