2 Samuel 18:17:92 Sam.18.17.W9TAB
גַּל־אֲבָנִ֥ים
galavanim
“a heap of stones”
- Transliteration
- gal-a-va-NIM
- Extended
- gahl-ah-vah-NEEM
- IPA
- /gal.ʔăvaːˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a heap of stones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
gal-a-va-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
gal-a-va-NIM ga-DOL
- clause
va-yat-si-VU a-LAV gal-a-va-NIM ga-DOL me-OD
- sentence
va-yik-KHU et-AV-sha-LOM va-yash-li-KHU-hu ba-YA-ar el-ha-PA-khat ha-ga-DOL va-yat-si-VU a-LAV gal-a-va-NIM ga-DOL me-OD ve-khol-yis-ra-EL na-SU ISH le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
The construct chain gal avanim gadol meod {גַּל־אֲבָנִים גָּדוֹל מְאֹד | gal ʾa·vā·nîm gā·dōl mə·ʾōḏ} “heap of very large stones” emphasizes the size and solemnity of the pile.
Root and etymology
g-l-lgimel–lamed–lamed
“to roll, heap”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom and threw him into the great pit in the forest, and they set up over him a very large heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each man to his tent .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 18:17, so the Hebrew word גַּל־אֲבָנִ֥ים (galavanim) 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.18.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.17.W9.S1) and character.