2 Kings 22:6:32 Kgs.22.6.W3TAB
וְלַגֹּֽדְרִ֑ים
velagoderim
“and to the masons or wall-builders”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-GO-de-RIM
- Extended
- veh-lah-GOH-deh-REEM
- IPA
- /vəlɑɡˈgoːdəriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the masons or wall-builders
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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-la-GO-de-RIM
- clause
le-kha-ra-SHIM ve-la-BO-nim ve-la-GO-de-RIM
- sentence
le-kha-ra-SHIM ve-la-BO-nim ve-la-GO-de-RIM ve-lik-NOT E-tsim ve-av-NEI ma-khe-TSAV le-kha-ZEK ET-ha-BA-yit
Exegesis
The verse features a distributive series introduced by the preposition in lecharashim {לֶחָרָשִׁים | le-ḥā-rā-šîm} ‘to the craftsmen’, and continues with velabbonim {וְלַבֹּנִים | wə-la-bbō-nîm} ‘and to the builders’ and velagoderim {וְלַגֹּדְרִים | wə-la-gō-drîm} ‘and to the masons’, emphasizing the allocation of materials.
In context — 2 Kings 22:6
To the craftsmen, and to the builders, and to the masons , and to purchase timber and quarried stones to strengthen the house .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 22:6, so the Hebrew word וְלַגֹּֽדְרִ֑ים (velagoderim) 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.22.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.6.W3.S1) and character.