2 Samuel 21:2:32 Sam.21.2.W3TAB
לַגִּבְעֹנִ֖ים
lagivonim
“to the Gibeonites”
- Transliteration
- la-giv-o-NIM
- Extended
- lah-gihv-oh-NEEM
- IPA
- /lag.giv.ʕoˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the Gibeonites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-giv-o-NIM
- clause
va-yik-RA ha-ME-lekh la-giv-o-NIM va-yo-MER a-lei-HEM
- sentence
va-yik-RA ha-ME-lekh la-giv-o-NIM va-yo-MER a-lei-HEM ve-ha-giv-o-NIM LO mib-be-NEI yis-ra-EL HE-ma KI im-mi-YE-ter ha-e-mo-RI u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL nish-be-U la-HEM va-ye-vak-KESH sha-UL le-ha-ko-TAM be-kan-no-a-TO liv-nei-yis-ra-EL vi-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
Lagivonim {לַגִּבְעֹנִים | lagivʿōnîm} functions as the indirect object.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:2
And the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. The Gibeonites were not of the descendants of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn to them, yet Saul, in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah , sought to strike them down.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 21:2, so the Hebrew word לַגִּבְעֹנִ֖ים (lagivonim) 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.21.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.2.W3.S1) and character.