Judges 20:36:4Judg.20.36.W4TAB
נִגָּ֑פוּ
niggafu
“they were struck down”
- Transliteration
- nig-GA-fu
- Extended
- nihg-GAA-foo
- IPA
- /nigˈgaːfuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were struck down
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nig-GA-fu
- phraseyour reading level
KI nig-GA-fu
- clause
va-yir-U be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN KI nig-GA-fu
- 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
Root and etymology
נ־ג־ף
“to strike, smite, defeat”
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 20:36:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:36, so the Hebrew word נִגָּ֑פוּ (niggafu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.36.W4.S1) and character.