2 Samuel 15:17:42 Sam.15.17.W4TAB
בְּרַגְלָ֑יו
beraglaiv
“at his feet”
- Transliteration
- be-rag-LAIV
- Extended
- beh-rahg-LAIV
- IPA
- /bəraɣˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- at his feet
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
be-rag-LAIV
- clause
va-ye-TSAY ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM be-rag-LAIV
- sentence
va-ye-TSAY ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM be-rag-LAIV va-ya-am-DU BET ha-mer-KHAK
Exegesis
The idiomatic prepositional phrase be-rag-lav {בְּרַגְלָ֑יו | bə-rag-lāw} ‘on his feet’ conveys movement together on foot.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:17
And the king went out, and all the people traveled on foot . They halted at the last house .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 15:17, so the Hebrew word בְּרַגְלָ֑יו (beraglaiv) 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.15.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.17.W4.S1) and character.