Isaiah 15:3:2Isa.15.3.W2TAB
חָ֣גְרוּ
khageru
“they girded on”
- Transliteration
- kha-ge-RU
- Extended
- khaa-geh-ROO
- IPA
- /ħaːɣəˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they girded on
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-ge-RU
- phraseyour reading level
kha-ge-RU SAK
- clause
be-khu-tso-TAV kha-ge-RU SAK
- sentence
be-khu-tso-TAV kha-ge-RU SAK AL ga-ga-te-HA u-vir-kho-vo-te-HA ku-LO ye-ye-LIL yo-RED ba-be-KHI
Exegesis
The perfect chagru {חָגְרוּ | ḥā-ḡā-rû} indicates a concluded act of donning sackcloth as a ritual of grief.
Root and etymology
ח־ג־רch-g-r
“to gird, bind, wrap”
In context — Isaiah 15:3
In its streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its open squares every one wails, going down in weeping .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 15:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Isaiah 15:3, so the Hebrew word חָ֣גְרוּ (khageru) 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 Isa.15.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.15.3.W2.S1) and character.