Hosea 13:2:18Hos.13.2.W18TAB
עֲגָלִ֣ים
agalim
“calves”
- Transliteration
- a-ga-LIM
- Extended
- ah-gah-LEEM
- IPA
- /ʕăɣɔːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- calves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-ga-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-ga-LIM yi-sha-KUN
- clause
HEM o-me-RIM zov-KHE a-DAM a-ga-LIM yi-sha-KUN
- sentence
ve-a-TA po-si-FU la-kha-TO va-ya-A-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA mi-kas-PAM kit-vu-NAM a-tsa-BIM ma-a-SE kha-ra-SHIM ku-LO la-HEM HEM o-me-RIM zov-KHE a-DAM a-ga-LIM yi-sha-KUN
In context — Hosea 13:2
And now they keep adding to sin , and they make for themselves a cast image from their silver, according to their own design—idols, all of it the work of craftsmen . They say, “Let those who sacrifice humans kiss calves.”
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:2:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Hosea 13:2, so the Hebrew word עֲגָלִ֣ים (agalim) 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 Hos.13.2.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.2.W18.S1) and character.