2 Kings 24:2:92 Kgs.24.2.W9TAB
גְּדוּדֵ֣י
gedude
“bands of”
- Transliteration
- ge-du-DE
- Extended
- geh-doo-DEE
- IPA
- /ɡəduːˈdeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bands of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ge-du-DE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET ge-du-DE mo-AV
- clause
va-ye-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH BO et-ge-du-DE khas-de-DIM ve-et-ge-du-DE a-RAM ve-ET ge-du-DE mo-AV ve-ET ge-du-DE ve-NE-a-MON va-ye-sha-le-KHEM bi-ye-hu-DA le-ha-a-VID
- sentence
va-ye-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH BO et-ge-du-DE khas-de-DIM ve-et-ge-du-DE a-RAM ve-ET ge-du-DE mo-AV ve-ET ge-du-DE ve-NE-a-MON va-ye-sha-le-KHEM bi-ye-hu-DA le-ha-a-VID kid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD a-va-DAV ha-ne-vi-IM
Exegesis
Each force is introduced via a construct chain gedudei Kasdim {גְּדוּדֵ֣י כַשְׂדִּים | gedudē Kaśdim} ‘bands of Chaldeans’, etc., coordinated by ve-et {וְאֶת | wə-ʾet}, emphasizing the scale of the assault.
Root and etymology
g-d-dgimel–dalet–dalet
“band, troop”
In context — 2 Kings 24:2
And the LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and the sons of Ammon, and He dispatched them into Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by His servants the prophets .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 24:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 24:2, so the Hebrew word גְּדוּדֵ֣י (gedude) 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.24.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.24.2.W9.S1) and character.