Ezekiel 16:24:2Ezek.16.24.W2TAB
גֶּ֑ב
gev
“a mound or vaulted chamber”
- Transliteration
- GEV
- Extended
- GEHV
- IPA
- /ˈgɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- a mound or vaulted chamber
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GEV
- clause
va-tiv-NI-lakh GEV
- sentence
va-tiv-NI-lakh GEV va-ta-a-SI-lakh ra-MA be-khol-re-KHOV
Exegesis
The nouns gev {גֶּב | geḇ} “mound” and ramah {רָמָה | rāmāh} “high place” form a parallel pair emphasizing constructed elevations, likely cultic structures.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–bet
“mound, raised heap”
In context — Ezekiel 16:24
And you built a mound for yourself and made a high place for yourself in every street .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 16:24, so the Hebrew word גֶּ֑ב (gev) 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 Ezek.16.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.24.W2.S1) and character.