Judges 18:14:5Judg.18.14.W5TAB
לְרַגֵּל֮
leraggel
“to spy out”
- Transliteration
- le-rag-GEL
- Extended
- leh-rahg-GEEL
- IPA
- /ləraɡˈɡeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to spy out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
le-rag-GEL
- clause
va-ya-a-NU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ho-le-KHIM le-rag-GEL ET-ha-A-rets LA-yish va-yo-me-RU el-a-khe-HEM ha-ye-da-TEHM KI YESH ba-ba-TIM ha-E-le e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM u-PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA
- sentence
va-ya-a-NU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-ho-le-KHIM le-rag-GEL ET-ha-A-rets LA-yish va-yo-me-RU el-a-khe-HEM ha-ye-da-TEHM KI YESH ba-ba-TIM ha-E-le e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM u-PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA de-U ma-ta-a-SU
Exegesis
The participial clause hā-hōl-ḵîm {הַהֹלְכִים֮ | hā-hōl-ḵîm} “who were going” qualifies khă-mē-šet hā-ʾă-nā-šîm {חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים | khă-mē-šet hā-ʾă-nā-šîm}, expressing purpose lĕ-rag-gēl {לְרַגֵּל֮ | lĕ-rag-gēl} “to spy out” the land of Laish.
Root and etymology
lĕ-rag-gēllĕ-rag-gēl
“to track on foot”
In context — Judges 18:14
Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish spoke to their brothers, “You should know that these houses contain an ephod , teraphim, a carved image, and a cast image. Now then, decide what you will do.”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 18:14, so the Hebrew word לְרַגֵּל֮ (leraggel) 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.18.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.14.W5.S1) and character.