Numbers 22:24:6Num.22.24.W6TAB
גָּדֵ֥ר
gader
“a wall”
- Transliteration
- ga-DER
- Extended
- gaa-DEHR
- IPA
- /ɡaˈdeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ga-DER
- phraseyour reading level
ga-DER mi-ze
- clause
ga-DER mi-ze ve-ga-DER mi-ze
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH be-mish-OL ha-ke-ra-MIM ga-DER mi-ze ve-ga-DER mi-ze
Exegesis
The reduplicated nominal phrase gāḏēr mī-zeh wə-gāḏēr mī-zeh {גָּדֵר מִזֶּה וְגָדֵר מִזֶּה | gāḏēr mī-zeh wə-gāḏēr mī-zeh} ‘wall on this side and wall on this side’ employs repetition and demonstratives to frame the figure with symmetrical enclosures.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel-dalet-resh
“to wall in; enclose”
In context — Numbers 22:24
And the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path of the vineyards, a wall on this side and a wall on that side.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:24, so the Hebrew word גָּדֵ֥ר (gader) 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.22.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.24.W6.S1) and character.