Judges 20:29:4Judg.20.29.W4TAB
אֶל־הַגִּבְעָ֖ה
elhagiva
“toward Gibeah”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-giv-A
- Extended
- ehl-hah-gihv-AAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hag.givˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward Gibeah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
el-ha-giv-A
- sentence
va-YA-sem yis-ra-EL o-re-VIM el-ha-giv-A sa-VIV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʾel-haggəḇīʿāh {אֶל־הַגִּבְעָה | ʾel-haggəḇīʿāh} ‘toward Gibeah’ marks the target, and the adverb sābîw {סָבִיב | sābîw} ‘all-around’ conveys full encirclement. This P–SV–PP–Adv ordering foregrounds the action before spatial detail. The English maintains the participial nuance with “in ambush” and preserves the emphatic sense of “all around,” mirroring the Hebrew structure.
Root and etymology
g-b-‘gimel–bet–ayin
“hill, elevated place”
In context — Judges 20:29
And Israel set ambushers around Gibeah on every side.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:29, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַגִּבְעָ֖ה (elhagiva) 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.20.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.29.W4.S1) and character.