Judges 21:12:4Judg.21.12.W4TAB

גִּלְעָ֗ד

gilad

Gilead

Transliteration
gil-AD
Extended
gihl-AAD
IPA
/ɡilˈʕaːd/

Meaning by language

English
Gilead

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
גִּלְ + עָ֗ד
gil + ad
gilad

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    gil-AD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD

  3. clause

    va-yim-TSE-u mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD ar-BA me-OT na-a-RA ve-tu-LA a-SHER lo-ya-de-A ISH le-mish-KAV za-KHAR

  4. sentence

    va-yim-TSE-u mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD ar-BA me-OT na-a-RA ve-tu-LA a-SHER lo-ya-de-A ISH le-mish-KAV za-KHAR va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE shi-LO a-SHER be-E-rets ke-NA-an

Exegesis

The construct chain miyoshevei Yāvēš Gil‘ād {מִיּוֹשְׁבֵי יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד | miyošhĕvēy Yāvēš gil·ʿād} functions as a prepositional source phrase.

In contextJudges 21:12

And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who were virgins and who had not known a man by lying with a male , and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

About this coordinate

Judges 21:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 21:12, so the Hebrew word גִּלְעָ֗ד (gilad) 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.21.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.12.W4.S1) and character.