Judges 20:32:4Judg.20.32.W4TAB
נִגָּפִ֥ים
niggafim
“struck down or routed”
- Transliteration
- nig-ga-FIM
- Extended
- nihg-gah-FEEM
- IPA
- /nig.gaːˈfiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- struck down or routed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
nig-ga-FIM
- phraseyour reading level
nig-ga-FIM HEM
- clause
va-yo-me-RU be-NE bin-ya-MIN nig-ga-FIM HEM le-fa-NE-nu ke-va-ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU be-NE bin-ya-MIN nig-ga-FIM HEM le-fa-NE-nu ke-va-ri-sho-NA u-ve-NE yis-ra-EL a-me-RU na-NU-sa u-ne-tak-ke-NU-hu min-ha-IR el-ha-me-sil-LOT
Exegesis
First, bənê benyāmîn {בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן | bənê benyāmîn} functions as the subject, followed by the Nifal participle phrase nīnāp̄îm hēm {נִגָּפִים הֵם | nīnāp̄îm hēm}, which emphasizes the state of being struck down with the independent pronoun for force.
Root and etymology
נ־ג־ףngp
“to strike, defeat”
In context — Judges 20:32
And the sons of Benjamin said, "They are defeated before us as at the first." And the sons of Israel said, "Let us flee and draw them out from the city to the roads ."
About this coordinate
Judges 20:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:32, so the Hebrew word נִגָּפִ֥ים (niggafim) 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.20.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.32.W4.S1) and character.