Numbers 20:3:8Num.20.3.W8TAB
בִּגְוַ֥ע
bigva
“when died”
- Transliteration
- big-VA
- Extended
- big-VAH
- IPA
- /biɡˈvaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- when died
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
big-VA
- phraseyour reading level
big-VA a-KHE-nu
- clause
va-yo-MRU le-MOR ve-LU ga-VAN-nu big-VA a-KHE-nu lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-REV ha-AM im-MO-sheh va-yo-MRU le-MOR ve-LU ga-VAN-nu big-VA a-KHE-nu lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct chain bigva acheinu {בִּגְוַ֥ע אַחֵ֖ינוּ | bi-gə-wāʿ ʾa-ḥê-nū} intensifies the familial lament.
Root and etymology
g-w-ʿGimel, Vav, Ayin
“to expire”
In context — Numbers 20:3
And the people quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had died in the dying of our brothers before the LORD ."
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 20:3, so the Hebrew word בִּגְוַ֥ע (bigva) 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.20.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.3.W8.S1) and character.