Judges 21:6:7Judg.21.6.W7TAB
נִגְדַּ֥ע
nigda
“has been cut off”
- Transliteration
- nig-DA
- Extended
- nihg-DAH
- IPA
- /niɡˈdaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- has been cut off
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nig-DA
- phraseyour reading level
nig-DA ha-YOM
- clause
va-yo-me-RU nig-DA ha-YOM SHE-vet e-KHAD mi-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yin-na-kha-MU be-NEI yis-ra-EL el-bin-ya-MIN a-KHIV va-yo-me-RU nig-DA ha-YOM SHE-vet e-KHAD mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
In their statement, the Nifal perfect niggda {נִגְדַּע | nig-ḏaʿ} ‘has been cut off’ expresses a completed passive action.
Root and etymology
g-d-ʿgimel–dalet–ayin
“to be cut off”
In context — Judges 21:6
And the sons of Israel were grieved toward Benjamin, their brother, and they said, “Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 21:6, so the Hebrew word נִגְדַּ֥ע (nigda) 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.21.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.6.W7.S1) and character.