2 Samuel 21:9:32 Sam.21.9.W3TAB
הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗ים
hagivonim
“the Gibeonites”
- Transliteration
- ha-giv-o-NIM
- Extended
- hah-gihv-oh-NEEM
- IPA
- /hag.iv.ʕoːˈniːm/
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
be-YAD ha-giv-o-NIM
- clause
va-yit-NEM be-YAD ha-giv-o-NIM va-yo-ki-EM ba-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yip-LU she-va-tim she-vat-TAM YA-khad
- sentence
va-yit-NEM be-YAD ha-giv-o-NIM va-yo-ki-EM ba-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yip-LU she-va-tim she-vat-TAM YA-khad ve-hem ve-HE-ma hum-TE bi-ME ka-TSIR ba-ri-sho-NIM te-khe-let vit-he-khil-LAT ke-TSIR se-o-RIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayyiṯtenem {וַיִּתְּנֵ֞ם | va-yit-te-nēm} ‘and he gave them’, marking sequential narrative action and transfer of authority, followed by the prepositional phrase be-yad haggivʿonim {בְּיַד הַגִּבְעֹנִים | bə-yaḏ ha-gi-ḇʿo-nim} ‘into the hand of the Gibeonites’.
Root and etymology
g-b-ʻgimel–bet–ayin
“hill”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:9
And he handed them over to the Gibeonites, and they impaled them on the hill before the LORD , and all seven fell together; they were put to death in the days of harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 21:9, 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.21.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.9.W3.S1) and character.