2 Samuel 21:19:122 Sam.21.19.W12TAB
גָּלְיָ֣ת
galyat
“Goliath”
- Transliteration
- gal-YAT
- Extended
- gaal-YAAT
- IPA
- /ɡalˈjaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- Goliath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gal-YAT
- phraseyour reading level
gal-YAT ha-git-TI
- clause
va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-re or-GIM BET ha-lakh-MI ET gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
- sentence
va-te-HI-OD ha-mil-kha-MA be-GOV im-pe-lish-TIM va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-re or-GIM BET ha-lakh-MI ET gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
Exegesis
The direct-object marker et {אֵ֚ת | ʾēṯ} introduces golyat haggiti {גָּלְיָת הַגִּתִּי | gā·lî·yāṯ hag·gî·tî} ‘Goliath the Gittite’.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel-lamed-heh
“to uncover, reveal”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:19
And again there was the battle at Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jaarei-oregim the Bethlehemite struck Goliath the Gittite , and the shaft of his spear was like the beam of weavers .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 21:19, so the Hebrew word גָּלְיָ֣ת (galyat) 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.21.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.19.W12.S1) and character.