Genesis 39:12:7Gen.39.12.W7TAB
בִּגְדוֹ֙
bigdo
“his garment”
- Transliteration
- big-DO
- Extended
- big-DOH
- IPA
- /biɣˈðoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his garment
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
big-DO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-ZOV big-DO
- clause
va-ya-a-ZOV big-DO be-ya-DAH va-ya-NAS va-ye-TSE ha-khu-TSA
- sentence
va-tit-pe-SE-hu be-vig-DO le-MOR shikh-VA im-MI va-ya-a-ZOV big-DO be-ya-DAH va-ya-NAS va-ye-TSE ha-khu-TSA
Exegesis
The action shifts at vayyaazov {וַיַּעֲזֹ֤ב | way-yaʿă-zōḇ} ‘and he left’, as Joseph abandons bigdo {בִּגְדוֹ֙ | biḡ-dô} ‘his garment’.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–gimel–dalet
“garment, covering”
In context — Genesis 39:12
She seized him by his garment , saying, “Lie with me,” but he left his garment in her hand, and he fled and went outside .
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 39:12, so the Hebrew word בִּגְדוֹ֙ (bigdo) 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 Gen.39.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.12.W7.S1) and character.