2 Samuel 17:26:52 Sam.17.26.W5TAB
הַגִּלְעָֽד׃
hagilad
“the Gilead”
- Transliteration
- ha-gil-AD
- Extended
- hah-gihl-AAD
- IPA
- /haɣ.gilˈʕaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Gilead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
ha-gil-AD
- sentence
va-yi-KHAN yis-ra-EL ve-av-sha-LOM E-rets ha-gil-AD
Exegesis
The noun phrase ʾereṣ ha-gilʿād {אֶ֖רֶץ הַגִּלְעָֽד | ʾereṣ ha-gilʿā(ʿ)d} functions as a locative complement without a preposition, a feature common in Hebrew battle accounts that English renders idiomatically with “in.” This verb–subject–place arrangement emphasizes the immediacy of territorial occupation.
Root and etymology
ג־ל־ע
“heap of witness”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:26
Then Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 17:26, so the Hebrew word הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ (hagilad) 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.17.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.26.W5.S1) and character.