2 Samuel 21:20:32 Sam.21.20.W3TAB
בְּגַ֑ת
begat
“in Gath”
- Transliteration
- be-GAT
- Extended
- beh-GAHT
- IPA
- /bəˈɣaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Gath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-GAT
- clause
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA be-GAT
- 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
Exegesis
The noun milchamah {מִלְחָמָה | mil-ḥā-māh} establishes the event ‘war’ at the locative beGat {בְּגַת | bə-ḡaṯ} ‘in Gath.’
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 21:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 21:20, so the Hebrew word בְּגַ֑ת (begat) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.20.W3.S1) and character.