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

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Result
בְּ + גַ֑ת
be + gat
begat

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Gimelg as in good
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-GAT

  2. clause

    vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA be-GAT

  3. 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 context2 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.