Joshua 19:38:2Josh.19.38.W2TAB
וּמִגְדַּל־אֵ֔ל
umigdalel
“and Migdal-el”
- Transliteration
- u-mig-DAL-EL
- Extended
- oo-mig-DAHL-EEL
- IPA
- /umiɡˈdal.ˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Migdal-el
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mig-DAL-EL
- clause
ve-yir-ON u-mig-DAL-EL kho-REM u-VEIT-a-NAT u-VEIT-SHA-mesh
- sentence
ve-yir-ON u-mig-DAL-EL kho-REM u-VEIT-a-NAT u-VEIT-SHA-mesh a-REEM te-SHA-ez-REH ve-khats-RE-hen
Exegesis
The theophoric compound migdal-el {מִגְדַּל־אֵל | miḡ-dal-ʾēl} ’tower of God’ signals divine association.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–dalet–lamed
“tower”
In context — Joshua 19:38
And Yiron, and Migdal-El , Horem, and Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh—nineteen cities with their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:38:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 19:38, so the Hebrew word וּמִגְדַּל־אֵ֔ל (umigdalel) 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.19.38.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.38.W2.S1) and character.