2 Samuel 21:20:172 Sam.21.20.W17TAB
וְגַם־ה֖וּא
vegamhu
“and also he”
- Transliteration
- ve-gam-HU
- Extended
- veh-gahm-HOO
- IPA
- /wəɣam.ˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and also he
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-gam-HU
- clause
va-ye-HI ISH ma-DIN ma-DON ve-ets-be-OT ya-DAV ve-ets-be-OT rag-LAV SHESH va-SHESH e-se-RIM ve-ar-BA mis-PAR ve-gam-HU yul-LAD le-ha-ra-FA
- sentence
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA be-GAT va-ye-HI ISH ma-DIN ma-DON ve-ets-be-OT ya-DAV ve-ets-be-OT rag-LAV SHESH va-SHESH e-se-RIM ve-ar-BA mis-PAR ve-gam-HU yul-LAD le-ha-ra-FA
In context — 2 Samuel 21:20
And again there was war in Gath, and there was a man of extraordinary size , and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet were six and six—twenty-four in number. And he also was born to the Rapha.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 21:20, so the Hebrew word וְגַם־ה֖וּא (vegamhu) 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.21.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.20.W17.S1) and character.