Judges 20:30:8Judg.20.30.W8TAB
אֶל־הַגִּבְעָ֖ה
elhagiva
“against Gibeah”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-giv-A
- Extended
- ehl-hah-gihv-AA
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hag.ɣivˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-ar-KHU el-ha-giv-A
- clause
va-ya-ar-KHU el-ha-giv-A ke-fa-AM be-fa-AM
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU be-NE-YIS-ra-EL el-be-NE vin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI va-ya-ar-KHU el-ha-giv-A ke-fa-AM be-fa-AM
Exegesis
The second vav-consecutive verb vayya'arkhu {וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּ | wayyāʿărəḵû} ‘and they arrayed themselves’ introduces the military maneuver, followed by the locative el-hagiv'ah {אֶל־הַגִּבְעָ֖ה | ʾel-ha-giv-ʿāh} ‘against Gibeah’.
Root and etymology
g-b-‘gimel–bet–ayin
“hill, elevated place”
In context — Judges 20:30
And the sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day, and they arrayed themselves against Gibeah as at other times .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 20:30, 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.20.30.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.30.W8.S1) and character.