Judges 19:2:3Judg.19.2.W3TAB

פִּֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹ

pilagsho

his concubine

Transliteration
pi-lag-SHO
Extended
pih-lahg-SHOH
IPA
/piː.lagˈʃoː/

Meaning by language

English
his concubine

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
פִּֽי + לַגְ + שׁ֔וֹ
pi + lag + sho
pilagsho

Alphabet Analysis

Pep with dagesh; f without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Gimelg as in good
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    pi-lag-SHO

  2. clause

    va-tiz-NE a-LAV pi-lag-SHO va-TE-lekh me-i-TO el-BET a-VI-ha el-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA

  3. sentence

    va-tiz-NE a-LAV pi-lag-SHO va-TE-lekh me-i-TO el-BET a-VI-ha el-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA va-te-HI-SHAM ya-MIM ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM

Exegesis

The object pilagsho {פִּֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹ | pilagšô} ‘concubine’ indicates her subordinate marital status through the possessive suffix.

Root and etymology

Rootp–l–g

to divide; secondary wife

In contextJudges 19:2

And his concubine acted unfaithfully against him and went to her father’s house in Bethlehem of Judah, where she remained for four months.

About this coordinate

Judges 19:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 19:2, so the Hebrew word פִּֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹ (pilagsho) 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.19.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.2.W3.S1) and character.