Judges 20:21:3Judg.20.21.W3TAB
מִן־הַגִּבְעָ֑ה
minhagiva
“from Gibeah”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-giv-A
- Extended
- mihn-hah-gihv-AAH
- IPA
- /min.hag.giʋˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Gibeah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ha-giv-A
- clause
va-ye-TSU be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN min-ha-giv-A
- sentence
va-ye-TSU be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN min-ha-giv-A va-yash-KHI-tu ve-yis-ra-EL ba-YOM ha-HU she-NAI-im ve-es-RIM E-lef ISH AR-tsa
Exegesis
The construct chain bnei-binyamin {בְנֵי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן | benei binyāmin} ‘sons of Benjamin’ clearly identifies the actors, while the prepositional phrase min-ha-giv’ah {מִן־הַגִּבְעָ֑ה | min-ha-gibbā‘āh} ‘from the Gibeah’ establishes their origin.
Root and etymology
g-b-‘gimel–bet–ayin
“hill, elevated place”
In context — Judges 20:21
And the sons of Benjamin came out from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand men in Israel on that day to the ground .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:21, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַגִּבְעָ֑ה (minhagiva) 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.20.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.21.W3.S1) and character.