Judges 18:16:3Judg.18.16.W3TAB
חֲגוּרִים֙
khagurim
“girded”
- Transliteration
- kha-gu-RIM
- Extended
- khah-goo-REEM
- IPA
- /ħaɡuːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- girded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-gu-RIM
- clause
ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-gu-RIM ke-LE mil-kha-MTAM ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh ha-SHA-ar
- sentence
ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-gu-RIM ke-LE mil-kha-MTAM ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh ha-SHA-ar a-SHER mib-be-NE-DAN
Exegesis
The participle chagurim {חֲגוּרִים֙ | ḥă-gû-rîm} ‘girded’ functions predicatively with the construct complement kelei milchamtam {כְּלֵ֣י מִלְחַמְתָּ֔ם | kə-lē mil-ḥa-mə-ṯām} ‘weapons of their battle’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-g-rḥ-g-r
“to gird, to arm”
In context — Judges 18:16
And six hundred men from the tribe of Dan , girded with their weapons, stood at the entrance of the gate.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 18:16, so the Hebrew word חֲגוּרִים֙ (khagurim) 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.18.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.16.W3.S1) and character.