2 Samuel 21:12:122 Sam.21.12.W12TAB
גִּלְעָ֑ד
gilad
“Gilead”
- Transliteration
- gil-AD
- Extended
- gihl-AAD
- IPA
- /ɡilˈʕaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- Gilead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gil-AD
- phraseyour reading level
ya-VESH gil-AD
- clause
va-ye-LEKH da-VID va-yik-KAKH et-a-tse-MOT sha-UL ve-et-a-tse-MOT ye-ho-na-TAN be-NO me-ET ba-a-LE ya-VESH gil-AD
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH da-VID va-yik-KAKH et-a-tse-MOT sha-UL ve-et-a-tse-MOT ye-ho-na-TAN be-NO me-ET ba-a-LE ya-VESH gil-AD a-SHER gan-VU o-TAM mer-KHOV bet-SHAN a-SHER ta-LOM te-la-UM SHAM ha-fe-le-sHIM SHAM-ma pe-lish-TIM be-YOM ha-KHOT pe-lish-TIM et-sha-UL ba-gil-BO-a
In context — 2 Samuel 21:12
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead , who had stolen them from the plaza of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day that the Philistines struck Saul in Gilboa.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 21:12, so the Hebrew word גִּלְעָ֑ד (gilad) 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.21.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.12.W12.S1) and character.