Joshua 18:28:6Josh.18.28.W6TAB
גִּבְעַ֣ת
givat
“Gibeah”
- Transliteration
- giv-AT
- Extended
- gihv-AHT
- IPA
- /ɡivˈʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- Gibeah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
giv-AT
- phraseyour reading level
giv-AT kir-YAT
- clause
ve-TSE-la ha-E-lef ve-ha-ye-vu-SI HI ye-ru-sha-LAM giv-AT kir-YAT a-RIM ar-BA-es-RE ve-khats-re-HEN
- sentence
ve-TSE-la ha-E-lef ve-ha-ye-vu-SI HI ye-ru-sha-LAM giv-AT kir-YAT a-RIM ar-BA-es-RE ve-khats-re-HEN ZOT na-kha-LAT be-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
The construct chain gibbəʿāṯ qiryāṯ ʿărîm {גִּבְעַת קִרְיַת עָרִים | gib-bə-ʿāṯ qi-ryā-ṯ ʿā-rîm} links the proper names Gibeah and Kiriath with the generic term “cities.”
In context — Joshua 18:28
Zelah, Haeleph, and the Jebusite city—Jerusalem—Gibeah and Kiriath, fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the descendants of Benjamin for their clans.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 18:28, so the Hebrew word גִּבְעַ֣ת (givat) 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.18.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.28.W6.S1) and character.