Judges 16:27:9Judg.16.27.W9TAB
וְעַל־הַגָּ֗ג
vealhagag
“and on the roof”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-ha-GAG
- Extended
- veh-ahl-hah-GAAG
- IPA
- /vəʕal.hagˈgaːg/
Meaning by language
- English
- and on the roof
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-al-ha-GAG
- clause
ve-al-ha-GAG kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH ve-i-SHA ha-ro-IM bis-KHOK shim-SHON
- sentence
ve-ha-BA-yit ma-LE ha-a-na-SHIM ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-SHA-ma KOL sar-NE pe-lish-TIM ve-al-ha-GAG kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH ve-i-SHA ha-ro-IM bis-KHOK shim-SHON
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ve-al-ha-gag {וְעַל־הַגָּ֗ג | wə-ʿǎl-hă-gáġ} ‘and on the roof’ shifts the scene upward.
In context — Judges 16:27
And the house was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were present, and on the roof there were about three thousand men and women watching Samson in amusement.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 16:27, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־הַגָּ֗ג (vealhagag) 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.16.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.27.W9.S1) and character.