2 Samuel 21:2:62 Sam.21.2.W6TAB
וְהַגִּבְעֹנִ֞ים
vehagivonim
“and the Gibeonites”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-giv-o-NIM
- Extended
- veh-hah-gihv-oh-NEEM
- IPA
- /vəhag.giv.ʕoˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the Gibeonites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ve-ha-giv-o-NIM
- clause
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
- 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
Root and etymology
g-b-ʻgimel–bet–ayin
“hill”
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 21:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 21:2, so the Hebrew word וְהַגִּבְעֹנִ֞ים (vehagivonim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.2.W6.S1) and character.