Psalm 18:33:2Ps.18.33.W2TABWLC Psalms 18:34
רַ֭גְלַי
raglai
“my feet”
- Transliteration
- rag-LAI
- Extended
- rahg-LAI
- IPA
- /raɡˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my feet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
rag-LAI
- sentence
me-sha-VE rag-LAI ka-a-ya-LOT ve-AL ba-mo-TAI ya-a-mi-DE-ni
Exegesis
The comparative complement raglai ka'ayalot {רַגְלַי כָּאַיָּלוֹת | raḡ-lāy ka-ʾă-yă-lōṯ} links the action to its simile.
Root and etymology
r-g-lr–g–l
“foot”
In context — Psalm 18:33
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer , and upon my high places He sets me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:33:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Psalm 18:33, so the Hebrew word רַ֭גְלַי (raglai) 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 Ps.18.33.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.33.W2.S1) and character.