Judges 20:14:4Judg.20.14.W4TAB
הַגִּבְעָ֑תָה
hagivata
“to Gibeah”
- Transliteration
- ha-giv-a-TA
- Extended
- hah-giv-eh-aa-TAA
- IPA
- /hag.giv.ʕaːˈtɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Gibeah
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-giv-a-TA
- clause
va-ye-as-FU be-NE-VIN-ya-min min-he-a-RIM ha-giv-a-TA
- sentence
va-ye-as-FU be-NE-VIN-ya-min min-he-a-RIM ha-giv-a-TA la-TSET lam-mil-kha-MA im-be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The destination is expressed by haggîḇ‘āṯāh {הַגִּבְעָ֑תָה | ha-ggîv-‘ā-ṯā} ‘to Gibeah’, featuring a prefixed article plus locative-suffix he on a feminine noun.
In context — Judges 20:14
And the sons of Benjamin gathered from the cities to Gibeah to go out to battle with the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:14, so the Hebrew word הַגִּבְעָ֑תָה (hagivata) 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.20.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.14.W4.S1) and character.