2 Samuel 21:4:32 Sam.21.4.W3TAB
הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗ים
hagivonim
“the Gibeonites”
- Transliteration
- ha-giv-o-NIM
- Extended
- hah-gihv-oh-NEEM
- IPA
- /haɡiv.oˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Gibeonites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-giv-o-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-ME-ru LO ha-giv-o-NIM
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru LO ha-giv-o-NIM EN-LI LA-nu KE-sef ve-za-HAV im-sha-UL ve-im-BE-to ve-EN-LA-nu ISH le-ha-MIT be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru LO ha-giv-o-NIM EN-LI LA-nu KE-sef ve-za-HAV im-sha-UL ve-im-BE-to ve-EN-LA-nu ISH le-ha-MIT be-yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER MA-a-TEM o-me-RIM e-e-SE LA-khem
Exegesis
The prepositional pronoun lo {ל֣וֹ | lō} ‘to him’ identifies David as the addressee, and the definite plural noun hagiv’onim {הַגִּבְעֹנִים | ha-gibʻōnîm} ‘the Gibeonites’ specifies the speakers.
Root and etymology
g-b-ʻgimel–bet–ayin
“hill”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:4
And the Gibeonites said to him, “We have no silver or gold with Saul or with his house, nor do we have any man to kill in Israel.” And he said, “Say what you require, and I will do it for you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 21:4, so the Hebrew word הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗ים (hagivonim) 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.21.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.4.W3.S1) and character.