Joshua 17:1:19Josh.17.1.W19TAB
הַגִּלְעָ֥ד
hagilad
“Gilead”
- Transliteration
- ha-gil-AD
- Extended
- hah-geel-AHD
- IPA
- /haɡilˈʕaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-gil-AD
- phraseyour reading level
ha-gil-AD ve-ha-ba-SHAN
- clause
le-ma-KHIR be-KHOR me-na-SHEH a-VI ha-gil-AD KI HU ha-YA ISH mil-kha-MA va-ye-HI-LO ha-gil-AD ve-ha-ba-SHAN
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-go-RAL le-ma-TEH me-na-SHEH ki-HU be-KHOR yo-SEF le-ma-KHIR be-KHOR me-na-SHEH a-VI ha-gil-AD KI HU ha-YA ISH mil-kha-MA va-ye-HI-LO ha-gil-AD ve-ha-ba-SHAN
Exegesis
The construct lĕmakhir avi higilad {לְמָכִיר אֲבִי הַגִּלְעָד | lə·mā·kîr ă·vî ha·gîl·’āḏ} ‘to Makir, father of Gilead’ establishes genealogical context.
A second kihu {כִּי־הוּא | kî·hûˀ} ‘because he’ links the characterization ish milchamah {אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה | ’îš mil·ḥā·māh} ‘man of war’ to the resultant allotment phrase vayehi-lo hagilad vehabashan {וַיְהִי־לֹו הַגִּלְעָד וְהַבָּשָׁן | wə·yə·hî·lōw ha·gîl·’āḏ wə·ha·bā·šān} ‘and it became for him Gilead and Bashan’, forming a climactic legal statement with parallel place names.
In context — Joshua 17:1
Now the lot fell to the tribe of Manasseh because he was the firstborn of Joseph; and to Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh and father of Gilead—because he was a man of war—Gilead and Bashan were allotted.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:1:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Joshua 17:1, so the Hebrew word הַגִּלְעָ֥ד (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.17.1.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.1.W19.S1) and character.