2 Samuel 23:8:32 Sam.23.8.W3TAB
הַגִּבֹּרִ֖ים
hagiborim
“the mighty men”
- Transliteration
- ha-gi-bo-RIM
- Extended
- hah-gih-boh-REEM
- IPA
- /hag.gi.boˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the mighty men
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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-gi-bo-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
she-MOT ha-gi-bo-RIM
- clause
E-le she-MOT ha-gi-bo-RIM a-SHER le-da-VID
- sentence
E-le she-MOT ha-gi-bo-RIM a-SHER le-da-VID yo-SHEV ba-she-VET takh-ke-mo-NI ROSH ha-sha-li-SHI HU a-di-NO ha-e-tsa-NU ha-ets-NE al-she-mo-NE me-OT kha-LAL be-fa-AM e-KHAD e-KHAT
Exegesis
The construct phrase hagibborim asher ledavid {הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר לְדָוִד | ha-gib-bô-rîm ʾă-šer lə-dā-wîd} ‘the mighty men who belonged to David’ links the elite fighters to royal service.
Root and etymology
ג־ב־ר
“mighty”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:8
These are the names of the mighty men who belonged to David: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahkemonite, chief of the three; he was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 23:8, so the Hebrew word הַגִּבֹּרִ֖ים (hagiborim) 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.23.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.8.W3.S1) and character.