Numbers 14:6:8Num.14.6.W8TAB
בִּגְדֵיהֶֽם׃
bigdeihem
“their clothes”
- Transliteration
- big-DEI-hem
- Extended
- bihg-DEH-hem
- IPA
- /biɡˈdeːhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- their clothes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
big-DEI-hem
- clause
kar-U big-DEI-hem
- sentence
vi-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH min-ha-ta-RIM et-ha-A-retz kar-U big-DEI-hem
Exegesis
The noun bigdêhêm {בִּגְדֵיהֶם | bigdêhêm} ‘their garments’ functions as an idiom for mourning and protest. This syntactic sequence—continuation conjunction, parallel identifiers, membership preposition, object marking, and emotive action—underscores Joshua and Caleb’s solidarity and sorrow in response to the exploration report.
Root and etymology
b-g-d
“garment”
In context — Numbers 14:6
And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among the explorers of the land, tore their garments .
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:6, so the Hebrew word בִּגְדֵיהֶֽם׃ (bigdeihem) 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 Num.14.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.6.W8.S1) and character.