Judges 20:1:12Judg.20.1.W12TAB

הַגִּלְעָ֑ד

hagilad

Gilead

Transliteration
ha-gil-AD
Extended
hah-gihl-AAD
IPA
/haɣilˈʕaːd/

Meaning by language

English
Gilead

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + גִּלְ + עָ֑ד
ha + gil + ad
hagilad

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Gimelg as in good
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-gil-AD

  2. clause

    va-ye-tsu kol-be-NE yis-ra-EL va-tik-ka-HEL ha-e-DA ke-ISH e-KHAD le-mid-DAN ve-ad-be-ER SHE-va ve-E-rets ha-gil-AD

  3. sentence

    va-ye-tsu kol-be-NE yis-ra-EL va-tik-ka-HEL ha-e-DA ke-ISH e-KHAD le-mid-DAN ve-ad-be-ER SHE-va ve-E-rets ha-gil-AD el-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-PA

Exegesis

A geographical merism is formed by lemidan {לְמִדָּן | lə-mid-dān} ‘from Dan’, ve’ad {וְעַד | və-ʿad} ‘and up to’, be’er sheva {בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע | bə-ʾēr še-vāʿ} ‘Beersheba’, and ve’eretz ha-gil’ad {וְאֶרֶץ הַגִּלְעָד | və-ʾe-reṣ ha-ğil-ʿāḏ} ‘and the land of Gilead’, depicting the full territorial sweep.

In contextJudges 20:1

So all the sons of Israel departed, and the whole assembly gathered in unity from Dan to Beersheba and across the land of Gilead before the LORD at Mizpah .

About this coordinate

Judges 20:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 20:1, so the Hebrew word הַגִּלְעָ֑ד (hagilad) 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.20.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.1.W12.S1) and character.