Isaiah 21:2:5Isa.21.2.W5TAB

בּוֹגֵד֙

boged

betrays

Transliteration
bo-GED
Extended
boh-GEED
IPA
/boːˈɡeːd/

Meaning by language

English
betrays

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בּוֹ + גֵד֙
bo + ged
boged

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Gimelg as in good
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Daletd as in door

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    bo-GED

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-bo-GED bo-GED

  3. clause

    ha-bo-GED bo-GED ve-ha-sho-DED sho-DED a-LI e-LAM tsu-RI ma-DAI kal-e-na-kha-TA hish-ba-TI

  4. sentence

    kha-ZUT ka-SHA hu-GAD-li ha-bo-GED bo-GED ve-ha-sho-DED sho-DED a-LI e-LAM tsu-RI ma-DAI kal-e-na-kha-TA hish-ba-TI

Exegesis

The paired participles ha-boged {הַבּוֹגֵ֤ד | ha-bō-ḡēḏ} ‘the betrayer’/boged {בּוֹגֵד֙ | bō-ḡēḏ} ‘betrays’ and ve-ha-shoded {וְהַשּׁוֹדֵ֣ד | wə-ha-šō-ḏēḏ} ‘and the spoiler’/shoded {שׁוֹדֵ֔ד | šō-ḏēḏ} ‘spoils’ employ parallelism for emphasis.

Root and etymology

Rootb–g–d

to betray

In contextIsaiah 21:2

A harsh vision has been declared to me; the betrayer acts treacherously, and the spoiler deals violently. Go up, Elam! Besiege, Media! I have put an end to all her sighing .

About this coordinate

Isaiah 21:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 21:2, so the Hebrew word בּוֹגֵד֙ (boged) 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.21.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.2.W5.S1) and character.