2 Samuel 14:2:122 Sam.14.2.W12TAB
בִגְדֵי־אֵ֗בֶל
vigdeevel
“garments of mourning”
- Transliteration
- vig-DE-e-vel
- Extended
- vihg-DEE-EE-veh l
- IPA
- /viɣˈdeː.ˈʔeːvɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- garments of mourning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vig-DE-e-vel
- phraseyour reading level
ve-liv-SHI-NA vig-DE-e-vel
- clause
va-yo-MER E-le-ha hit-a-VE-li-NA ve-liv-SHI-NA vig-DE-e-vel ve-al-ta-SU-khi SHE-men ve-ha-YIT ke-ish-SHA ZE ya-MIM rab-BIM mit-a-BE-let al-MET
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH yo-AV te-ko-A va-yik-KAKH mish-SHAM ish-SHA kha-kha-MA va-yo-MER E-le-ha hit-a-VE-li-NA ve-liv-SHI-NA vig-DE-e-vel ve-al-ta-SU-khi SHE-men ve-ha-YIT ke-ish-SHA ZE ya-MIM rab-BIM mit-a-BE-let al-MET
Exegesis
The construct bigdei-evel {בִּגְדֵי־אֵבֶל | bigdê ʼēḇel} ‘garments of mourning’ marks a possessive cultural item.
Root and etymology
ʼ-b-laleph–bet–lamed
“mourning”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoa and took from there a wise woman. He then said to her, “Please mourn and put on garments of mourning, do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has mourned for many days for the dead.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 14:2, so the Hebrew word בִגְדֵי־אֵ֗בֶל (vigdeevel) 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 Sam.14.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.2.W12.S1) and character.