Numbers 32:40:3Num.32.40.W3TAB
אֶת־הַגִּלְעָ֔ד
ethaggilad
“the Gilead”
- Transliteration
- ET-hag-gil-AD
- Extended
- EET-hag-geel-AHD
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.hag.gilˈʕaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Gilead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-hag-gil-AD
- clause
va-yit-TEN mo-SHEH ET-hag-gil-AD le-ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH
- sentence
va-yit-TEN mo-SHEH ET-hag-gil-AD le-ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH va-ye-SHEV BAH
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾet} immediately precedes hagilad {הַגִּלְעָ֔ד | ha-gil-ʿāḏ} ‘the Gilead’, marking a definite territory.
Root and etymology
g-l-ʿGimel, Lamed, Ayin
“witness mound”
In context — Numbers 32:40
And Moses gave Gilead to Makir the son of Manasseh, and he settled there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:40:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 32:40, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַגִּלְעָ֔ד (ethaggilad) 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.32.40.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.40.W3.S1) and character.