Job 19:12:3Job.19.12.W3TAB
גְדוּדָ֗יו
gedudaiv
“his troops”
- Transliteration
- ge-du-DAI-v
- Extended
- geh-doo-DAA-yv
- IPA
- /gəðuːˈdaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his troops
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-du-DAI-v
- clause
YA-khad ya-VO-u ge-du-DAI-v va-ya-SO-lu a-LAI dar-KAM
- sentence
YA-khad ya-VO-u ge-du-DAI-v va-ya-SO-lu a-LAI dar-KAM va-ya-kha-NU sa-VIV le-a-ho-LI
Exegesis
The clause yavo’u gedudav {יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו | yāḇōʾû gəḏûḏāyw} ‘his troops come’ presents the enemy force as belonging to a third party.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–dalet–dalet
“to cut in, raid”
In context — Job 19:12
Together they come, his troops heap up a road of attack against me, and they camp all around my tent.
About this coordinate
Job 19:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 19:12, so the Hebrew word גְדוּדָ֗יו (gedudaiv) 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 Job.19.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.12.W3.S1) and character.