Numbers 32:39:5Num.32.39.W5TAB
גִּלְעָ֖דָה
giladah
“to Gilead”
- Transliteration
- gil-a-DAH
- Extended
- gil-aa-DAA
- IPA
- /ɡil.ʕaːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Gilead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gil-a-DAH
- clause
va-ye-LE-khu be-NEI ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH gil-a-DAH va-yil-ke-DU-ha
- sentence
va-ye-LE-khu be-NEI ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH gil-a-DAH va-yil-ke-DU-ha va-yo-RESH et-ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER-BAH
Exegesis
Gil'adah {גִּלְעָדָה | gil·‘ā·ḏāh}, with a directional he, indicates movement into territory east of the Jordan.
Root and etymology
ע־ד־ה
“witness; congregation”
In context — Numbers 32:39
The sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and captured it, and they drove out the Amorites who were there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:39:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 32:39, so the Hebrew word גִּלְעָ֖דָה (giladah) 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.32.39.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.39.W5.S1) and character.