2 Samuel 21:19:82 Sam.21.19.W8TAB

אֹרְגִ֜ים

orgim

of Oregim

Transliteration
or-GIM
Extended
ohr-GEEM
IPA
/ʔorˈɣiːm/

Meaning by language

English
of Oregim

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Result
אֹרְ + גִ֜ים
or + gim
orgim

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Gimelg as in good
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    or-GIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    el-kha-NAN ben-ya-re or-GIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 main action is introduced by vay-yakh {וַיַּךְ | way·yak} ‘and he struck’, identifying elhanan {אֶלְחָנָן | ʾel·ḥā·nān} with the construct ben-ya‘rei orgim {בֶּן־יַעְרֵ֨י אֹרְגִ֜ים | ben-ya·rē’ ʾor·gîm} ‘son of Jaarei-oregim’ and the gentilic phrase beit ha-lakhmi {בֵּ֣ית הַלַּחְמִי | bêt·ha·ḷa·ḥmî} ‘Bethlehemite’.

The simile kimmnor orgim {כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים | kimmô·nôr ʾor·gîm} ‘like a weaver’s beam’ emphasizes the formidable bulk of the spear’s shaft.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph-resh-gimel

to weave

In context2 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 21:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 21:19, so the Hebrew word אֹרְגִ֜ים (orgim) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.19.W8.S1) and character.