2 Samuel 16:22:42 Sam.16.22.W4TAB
עַל־הַגָּ֑ג
alhagag
“on the roof”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-GAG
- Extended
- ahl-hah-GAAG
- IPA
- /ʕal.hagˈgaːɡ/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the roof
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-GAG
- clause
va-yat-TU le-av-sha-LOM ha-O-hel al-ha-GAG
- sentence
va-yat-TU le-av-sha-LOM ha-O-hel al-ha-GAG va-ya-VO av-sha-LOM el-pi-lag-SHE a-VIV le-e-NE kol-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The location is specified by the prepositional phrase al-haggag {עַל־הַגָּג | ʻal-haggāg} ‘on the roof’.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:22
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines before the eyes of all Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 16:22, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַגָּ֑ג (alhagag) 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.16.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.22.W4.S1) and character.