Psalm 18:38:6Ps.18.38.W6TABWLC Psalms 18:39
רַגְלָֽי׃
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
rag-LAI
- sentence
e-mkha-TSEM ve-LO-YUKH-lu KUM yip-LUN TA-khat rag-LAI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase tachat raglay {תַּ֝חַת רַגְלָֽי | ta-ḥat ra-ḡlāy} ‘under my foot’ depicts subjugation. This sequence of perfects and infinitive absolute underscores total defeat and dominance.
Root and etymology
r-g-lr–g–l
“foot”
In context — Psalm 18:38
I have crushed them so that they were no longer able to rise, and they have fallen under my feet.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:38:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Psalm 18:38, so the Hebrew word רַגְלָֽי׃ (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.18.38.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.38.W6.S1) and character.