2 Samuel 18:11:42 Sam.18.11.W4TAB

הַמַּגִּ֣יד

hamagid

the one telling

Transliteration
ha-ma-GID
Extended
hah-mah-GEED
IPA
/ham.magˈgiːd/

Meaning by language

English
the one telling

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + מַּ + גִּ֣יד
ha + ma + gid
hamagid

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Gimelg as in good
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ma-GID

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-ma-GID LO

  3. clause

    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

  4. 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

The phrase la'ish hamaggid lo {לָאִישׁ הַמַּגִּיד לוֹ | lā-ʾîš ham-mag-gîd lō} identifies the messenger by combining a Hifʼil participle with a prepositional suffix.

Root and etymology

Rootn-g-d

declare, report

In context2 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 18:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 18:11, so the Hebrew word הַמַּגִּ֣יד (hamagid) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.11.W4.S1) and character.