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
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-gil-AD
- 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
- 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 context — Judges 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.