Numbers 21:20:2Num.21.20.W2TAB
הַגַּיְא֙
hagai
“the valley”
- Transliteration
- ha-GAI
- Extended
- hah-GAI
- IPA
- /haˈgaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- the valley
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-GAI
- clause
u-mi-ba-MOT ha-GAI a-SHER bis-DEH mo-AV ROSH ha-pis-GAH
- sentence
u-mi-ba-MOT ha-GAI a-SHER bis-DEH mo-AV ROSH ha-pis-GAH ve-nish-ka-FA al-pe-NEI ha-ye-shi-MON
Root and etymology
ג־א־א
“valley, depression”
In context — Numbers 21:20
And from Bamoth to the valley in the field of Moab, to the head of the Pisgah which gazes upon the face of the wasteland.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 21:20, so the Hebrew word הַגַּיְא֙ (hagai) 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.21.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.20.W2.S1) and character.