Judges 14:6:7Judg.14.6.W7TAB
הַגְּדִ֔י
hagdei
“the young goat”
- Transliteration
- hag-de-I
- Extended
- hahg-deh-EE
- IPA
- /hag.dəˈdiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the young goat
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
hag-de-I
- phraseyour reading level
ke-SHAS-sa hag-de-I
- clause
va-tits-LAKH a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shas-se-E-HU ke-SHAS-sa hag-de-I u-me-U-ma EN be-ya-DO
- sentence
va-tits-LAKH a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shas-se-E-HU ke-SHAS-sa hag-de-I u-me-U-ma EN be-ya-DO ve-LO hi-GID le-a-VIV u-le-i-MO ET a-SHER a-SA
Exegesis
The piel verb vayeshassehu {וַֽיְשַׁסְּעֵ֙הוּ֙ | va-ye-shas-se-hu} conveys intensive tearing, and the infinitive construct ke-shassea {כְּשַׁסַּ֣ע | kə-šas-saʿ} introduces a simile with hagedi {הַגְּדִ֔י | ha-ge-dī}, “young goat.”
Root and etymology
g-d-y
“kid, young goat”
In context — Judges 14:6
And the Spirit of the LORD seized him, and he tore him apart as one might tear a young goat ; he had nothing in his hand, and he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 14:6, so the Hebrew word הַגְּדִ֔י (hagdei) 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.14.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.6.W7.S1) and character.