Judges 20:36:14Judg.20.36.W14TAB
אֶל־הַגִּבְעָֽה׃
elhagiva
“against Gibeah”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-giv-A
- Extended
- ehl-hah-gihv-AAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hag.givˈʕaː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-giv-A
- clause
va-yit-NE-nu ish-yis-ra-EL ma-KOM le-vin-ya-MIN KI vat-khu el-ha-o-REV a-SHER sa-MU el-ha-giv-A
- sentence
va-yir-U be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN KI nig-GA-fu va-yit-NE-nu ish-yis-ra-EL ma-KOM le-vin-ya-MIN KI vat-khu el-ha-o-REV a-SHER sa-MU el-ha-giv-A
Exegesis
The relative clause asher samu el-ha-givah {אֲשֶׁר שָׂ֖מוּ אֶל־הַגִּבְעָֽה | ’ăšer sāmû ’el-ha-gîḇ‘â} (“which they had set near Gibeah”) adds geographic and tactical detail, preserving cause-effect and narrative flow.
Root and etymology
g-b-‘gimel–bet–ayin
“hill, elevated place”
In context — Judges 20:36
And the sons of Benjamin saw that they were struck down, and the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin because they trusted in the ambush that they had set at Gibeah .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:36:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 20:36, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ (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.20.36.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.36.W14.S1) and character.