Joshua 15:37:3Josh.15.37.W3TAB
וּמִגְדַּל־גָּֽד׃
umigdalgad
“and Migdal-gad”
- Transliteration
- u-mig-DAL-GAD
- Extended
- oo-mig-DAHL-GAAD
- IPA
- /u.miɡˈdal.ɡaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Migdal-gad
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
u-mig-DAL-GAD
- sentence
tse-NAN va-kha-da-SHAH u-mig-DAL-GAD
Exegesis
Each proper noun tzenan {צְנָן | ṣə-nān} ‘Zenan’, chadashah {חֲדָשָׁה | ḥă-dā-šāh} ‘Hadashah’, and the compound migdal-gad {מִגְדָּל־גָּד | miḡ-dāl-ḡād} ‘Migdal-Gad’ is linked by the repeated conjunction, reflecting Hebrew list syntax. The construct form migdal-gad demonstrates the genitive relationship between “tower” and “Gad,” indicating a fortified site associated with the tribe.
Root and etymology
ג-ד-לgimel–dalet–lamed
“to be great”
In context — Joshua 15:37
Zenan, Hadashah , and Migdal-Gad .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:37:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 15:37, so the Hebrew word וּמִגְדַּל־גָּֽד׃ (umigdalgad) 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.15.37.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.37.W3.S1) and character.