2 Samuel 18:11:172 Sam.18.11.W17TAB
וַחֲגֹרָ֥ה
vakhagora
“and a belt”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-go-RA
- Extended
- vah-khah-goh-RAA
- IPA
- /waħăɣoːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a belt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-kha-go-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-kha-go-RA e-KHAT
- clause
ve-a-LAI la-TET le-KHA a-sa-RA KE-sef va-kha-go-RA e-KHAT
- sentence
va-YO-mer yo-AV la-ISH ha-ma-GID LO ve-hi-NE ra-I-ta u-ma-DU-a LO-hi-KI-to SHAM AR-tse ve-a-LAI la-TET le-KHA a-sa-RA KE-sef va-kha-go-RA e-KHAT
Exegesis
Finally, the infinitive construct latet {לָתֶת | lā-teṯ} heads a hypothetical reward clause with asarah kesef wa-chagorah echad {עֲשָׂרָה כֶּסֶף וַחֲגֹרָה אֶחָת | ʿă-sārāh kě-sěp̄ wa-ḥă-gō-rāh ʾeḥāṯ}, linking promised compensation to the missed opportunity.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-g-r
“belt, girdle”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:11
And Joab said to the man who was reporting to him, “Behold, you saw him, and why did you not strike him there on the ground? Then it would have fallen to me to give you ten pieces of silver and one belt .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:11:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 18:11, so the Hebrew word וַחֲגֹרָ֥ה (vakhagora) 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.18.11.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.11.W17.S1) and character.