Judges 19:16:12Judg.19.16.W12TAB
בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה
bagiva
“in Gibeah”
- Transliteration
- ba-giv-A
- Extended
- bah-gihv-AAH
- IPA
- /baɣ.ɣɪvˈʕaː/
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
- clause
ve-hi-NE ISH za-KEN BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev ve-ha-ISH me-HAR e-fra-YIM ve-HU-GAR ba-giv-A
- sentence
ve-hi-NE ISH za-KEN BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev ve-ha-ISH me-HAR e-fra-YIM ve-HU-GAR ba-giv-A ve-an-SHE ha-ma-KOM be-NE ye-mi-NI
Exegesis
The conjunction vehu {וְהוּא | wə-hû} introduces the verb gar {גָּר | gār} with the locative bagivah {בַּגִּבְעָה | ba-gi-‘ă-hā}.
Root and etymology
g-b-ʿgimel–bet–ayin
“hill”
In context — Judges 19:16
And behold, an old man came from his work in the field at evening. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was sojourning in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjaminites .
About this coordinate
Judges 19:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 19:16, 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.19.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.16.W12.S1) and character.