Judges 19:15:5Judg.19.15.W5TAB

בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה

bagiva

in Gibeah

Transliteration
ba-giv-A
Extended
bah-giv-AH
IPA
/bag.givˈʕaː/

Meaning by language

English
in Gibeah

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בַּ + גִּבְ + עָ֑ה
ba + giv + a
bagiva

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Gimelg as in good
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-giv-A

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-LUN ba-giv-A

  3. clause

    va-ya-SU-ru SHAM la-VO la-LUN ba-giv-A

  4. sentence

    va-ya-SU-ru SHAM la-VO la-LUN ba-giv-A va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV bir-khov ha-IR ve-EN ISH me-as-SEF-O-tam ha-BAI-ta la-LUN

Exegesis

The locative phrase ba-gî‘â {בַּגִּבְעָה | ba-gî-‘â} ‘in Gibeah’ establishes setting.

Root and etymology

g-b-ʿgimel–bet–ayin

hill

In contextJudges 19:15

So they turned aside there to enter and lodge in Gibeah , and he went and sat in the open square of the city, but there was no man to receive them into his house to lodge.

About this coordinate

Judges 19:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 19:15, so the Hebrew word בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה (bagiva) 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.19.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.15.W5.S1) and character.