Judges 20:34:3Judg.20.34.W3TAB
לַגִּבְעָ֜ה
lagiva
“to Gibeah”
- Transliteration
- la-giv-A
- Extended
- lah-giv-AA
- IPA
- /lag.givˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Gibeah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-giv-A
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-VU mi-NE-ged la-giv-A
- clause
va-yo-VU mi-NE-ged la-giv-A a-se-RET a-la-FIM ISH ba-KHUR mi-kol-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-mil-kha-MA ka-ve-DA
- sentence
va-yo-VU mi-NE-ged la-giv-A a-se-RET a-la-FIM ISH ba-KHUR mi-kol-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-mil-kha-MA ka-ve-DA ve-HEM LO ya-de-U ki-no-GA-at a-le-HEM ha-ra-A
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase minneged la-Giv‘ah {מִנֶּגֶד לַגִּבְעָה | min-ne-ged la-giv-’āh} ‘from opposite Gibeah’ sets the battlefield location.
Root and etymology
g-b-‘gimel–bet–ayin
“hill, elevated place”
In context — Judges 20:34
Ten thousand chosen men from all Israel came against Gibeah , and the battle was heavy . They did not know that disaster was reaching upon them.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:34, so the Hebrew word לַגִּבְעָ֜ה (lagiva) 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.20.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.34.W3.S1) and character.