Genesis 39:16:2Gen.39.16.W2TAB
בִּגְד֖וֹ
bigdo
“his garment”
- Transliteration
- big-DO
- Extended
- big-DOH
- IPA
- /biɣ.ˈðoː/
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-ta-NAKH big-DO
- clause
va-ta-NAKH big-DO e-tse-LAH
- sentence
va-ta-NAKH big-DO e-tse-LAH ad-BO a-do-NAV el-BE-to
Exegesis
The direct object bigdo {בִּגְדוֹ | big-dô} ‘his garment’ follows immediately, maintaining the typical Hebrew verb–object order and highlighting the garment as the focus of her action.
Root and etymology
b-g-dBet–Gimel–Dalet
“garment, covering”
In context — Genesis 39:16
And she placed his garment beside her until his master came to his house.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 39:16, so the Hebrew word בִּגְד֖וֹ (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.39.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.16.W2.S1) and character.