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
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-giv-A
- phraseyour reading level
la-LUN ba-giv-A
- clause
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM la-VO la-LUN ba-giv-A
- 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 context — Judges 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.