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
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pi-lag-SHO
- 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
- 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 context — Judges 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.