2 Samuel 18:7:92 Sam.18.7.W9TAB
הַמַּגֵּפָ֛ה
hammaggefa
“the slaughter or the blow”
- Transliteration
- ham-mag-ge-FA
- Extended
- hahm-mahg-geh-FAA
- IPA
- /ham.mag.geːˈfaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the slaughter or the blow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ham-mag-ge-FA
- phraseyour reading level
vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mag-ge-FA
- clause
vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mag-ge-FA ge-do-LA bay-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
va-yin-NAG-fu SHAM AM yis-ra-EL lif-ne av-DE da-VID vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mag-ge-FA ge-do-LA bay-YOM ha-HU es-rim A-lef
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive Qal imperfect wayyᵊhîyyāh {וַתְּהִ֣י | wayyᵊhîyyāh} ‘and there was’ introduces the resultant state, with hammaḡêp̄āh ḡᵊdōlāh {הַמַּגֵּפָ֣ה גְּדֹלָה | hammaḡêp̄āh ḡᵊdōlāh} forming an attributive phrase ‘the great slaughter.’
In context — 2 Samuel 18:7
And there the people of Israel were struck down before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter on that day—twenty thousand men.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 18:7, so the Hebrew word הַמַּגֵּפָ֛ה (hammaggefa) 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.18.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.7.W9.S1) and character.