2 Samuel 18:24:72 Sam.18.24.W7TAB
אֶל־גַּ֥ג
elgag
“to the roof of”
- Transliteration
- el-GAG
- Extended
- ehl-GAAG
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈgag/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the roof of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-GAG
- phraseyour reading level
el-GAG ha-SHA-ar
- clause
va-ye-LEKH ha-tso-FE el-GAG ha-SHA-ar el-ha-kho-ma
- sentence
ve-da-VID yo-SHEV ben-she-NEI ha-she-a-RIM va-ye-LEKH ha-tso-FE el-GAG ha-SHA-ar el-ha-kho-ma va-yas-AF et-e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE-iSH RATS le-vad-DO
Exegesis
The narrative then shifts to the watchman (hatsofeh {הַצֹּפֶה | ha-ṣō-p̄ê}) introduced by vayelekh {וַיֵּלֶךְ | way-yē-leḵ}, followed by the directional chain el gag hasha'ar el hachomah {אֶל־גַּג הַשַּׁעַר אֶל־הַחוֹמָה | ʾel gagg ha-ša-‘ar ʾel ha-ḥō-mah}, specifying the roof above the wall.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:24
And David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate above the wall. He saw a man running alone.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 18:24, so the Hebrew word אֶל־גַּ֥ג (elgag) 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.18.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.24.W7.S1) and character.