Judges 14:13:3Judg.14.13.W3TAB
לְהַגִּ֣יד
lehagid
“to tell”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-GID
- Extended
- leh-hah-GEED
- IPA
- /ləhaɡˈgiːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- to tell
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
le-ha-GID
- phraseyour reading level
le-ha-GID LI
- clause
ve-IM-LO tu-khe-LU le-ha-GID LI u-ne-tat-TEM a-TEM LI she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM
- sentence
ve-IM-LO tu-khe-LU le-ha-GID LI u-ne-tat-TEM a-TEM LI she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM va-yo-me-RU LO khu-DA khi-dat-KHA ve-nish-ma-E-na
Exegesis
The hiphil infinitive construct le-haggid {לְהַגִּיד | lə-haggīd} ‘to declare’ takes li {לִי | lī} as its indirect object.
Root and etymology
y-d
“hand, strength”
In context — Judges 14:13
But if you are not able to declare it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes. And they said to him, “Propose your riddle , and we will hear it.”
About this coordinate
Judges 14:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 14:13, so the Hebrew word לְהַגִּ֣יד (lehagid) 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 Judg.14.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.13.W3.S1) and character.