Joshua 13:31:2Josh.13.31.W2TAB
הַגִּלְעָד֙
hagilad
“of Gilead”
- Transliteration
- ha-gil-AD
- Extended
- hah-gil-AHD
- IPA
- /hagilˈʕaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Gilead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
ha-gil-AD
- phraseyour reading level
va-kha-TSI ha-gil-AD
- clause
va-kha-TSI ha-gil-AD ve-ash-ta-ROT ve-ed-re-I a-REI mam-le-KHUT OG ba-ba-SHAN
- sentence
va-kha-TSI ha-gil-AD ve-ash-ta-ROT ve-ed-re-I a-REI mam-le-KHUT OG ba-ba-SHAN liv-NEI ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH la-kha-TSI ve-NEI-ma-KHIR le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
Successive vav-conjunctions introduce the place names ha-gilʿad {הַגִּלְעָד | ha-gil‛ăd} ‘Gilead’, ve-ʿaštarot {וְעַשְׁתָּרוֹת | wə-ʿaštārōṯ} ‘Ashtaroth’, and ve-ʾedrei {וְאֶדְרֶעִי | wə-’ĕdre‛î} ‘Edrei’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-dayin–dalet
“up to; until”
In context — Joshua 13:31
And half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og’s kingdom in Bashan, were given to the sons of Makir son of Manasseh—to half of Makir’s sons, according to their families .
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:31:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 13:31, so the Hebrew word הַגִּלְעָד֙ (hagilad) 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 Josh.13.31.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.31.W2.S1) and character.