לְדָג֥וֹן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְדָג֥וֹן

   le-da-GON

   to Dagon
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְדָג֥וֹן אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם

   le-da-GON e-lo-HEI-hem

   to Dagon their god
3. clause🔊 וְסַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים נֶֽאֱסְפוּ֙ לִזְבֹּ֧חַ זֶֽבַח־גָּד֛וֹל לְדָג֥וֹן אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑ה

   ve-sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ne-e-se-FU liz-BO-akh ZE-vakh-ga-DOL le-da-GON e-lo-HEI-hem u-le-sim-KHA

   and the lords of the Philistines were gathered to sacrifice a sacrifice great to Dagon their god and to rejoicing
4. sentence🔊 וְסַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים נֶֽאֱסְפוּ֙ לִזְבֹּ֧חַ זֶֽבַח־גָּד֛וֹל לְדָג֥וֹן אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ נָתַ֤ן אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּיָדֵ֔נוּ אֵ֖ת שִׁמְשׁ֥וֹן אוֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃

   ve-sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ne-e-se-FU liz-BO-akh ZE-vakh-ga-DOL le-da-GON e-lo-HEI-hem u-le-sim-KHA va-yo-ME-ru na-TAN e-lo-HEI-nu be-ya-DE-nu ET shim-SHON o-ye-VEI-nu

   and the lords of the Philistines were gathered to sacrifice a sacrifice great to Dagon their god and to rejoicing and they said has given our god into our hand Samson our enemy

Exegesis

The construct lə-dā-gōn ʾelōhêhem {לְדָג֥וֹן אֱלֹהֵיהֶם | lə-dā-gōn ʾĕ-lō-hê-hem} specifies the deity.

Root and etymology

d-g-n🔊 ד־ג־ןd–g–n

“grain”