2 Samuel 22:3:72 Sam.22.3.W7TAB
מִשְׂגַּבִּי֙
misgabi
“my stronghold”
- Transliteration
- mis-ga-BI
- Extended
- mihs-gah-BEE
- IPA
- /mis.ɣabˈbiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my stronghold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mis-ga-BI
- clause
ma-GIN-ni ve-KE-ren yish-E mis-ga-BI u-me-nu-SI mo-shi-I me-kha-MAS to-shi-E-ni
- sentence
e-lo-HE TSU-ri e-khe-SE-VO ma-GIN-ni ve-KE-ren yish-E mis-ga-BI u-me-nu-SI mo-shi-I me-kha-MAS to-shi-E-ni
Exegesis
A paratactic series—maginni {מָגִנִּי | mā-gin-nî} ‘my shield,’ vekeren yish‘i {וְקֶרֶן יִשְׁעִי | wə-qe-ren yiš-‘î} ‘horn of my salvation,’ misgabi {מִשְׂגַּבִּי | mis-gabbî} ‘my stronghold,’ umenusi {וּמְנוּסִי | u-me-nû-sî} ‘my refuge,’ and moshi‘i {מֹשִׁעִי | mō-šî-ʿî} ‘my savior’—builds a crescendo of metaphors.
In context — 2 Samuel 22:3
My God is my rock; in Him I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation , my stronghold, my refuge, and my savior—You save me from violence.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 22:3, so the Hebrew word מִשְׂגַּבִּי֙ (misgabi) 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.22.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.3.W7.S1) and character.