Psalm 18:7:6Ps.18.7.W6TABWLC Psalms 18:8
יִרְגָּ֑זוּ
yirgazu
“shook”
- Transliteration
- yir-GA-zu
- Extended
- yihr-GAA-zoo
- IPA
- /haːˈrim/
Meaning by language
- English
- shook
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yir-GA-zu
- phraseyour reading level
ha-A-retz u-mos-DEI ha-RIM yir-GA-zu
- clause
va-tig-ASH va-tir-ASH ha-A-retz u-mos-DEI ha-RIM yir-GA-zu
- sentence
va-tig-ASH va-tir-ASH ha-A-retz u-mos-DEI ha-RIM yir-GA-zu va-yit-ga-a-SHU ki-KHA-ra LO
Exegesis
This is followed by yirgazu {יִרְגָּזוּ | yir-gā-zû} ‘they trembled’ (Qal imperfect) and the Hitpael wayyiqtol vayitgaashu {וַיִּתְגָּעֲשׁוּ | wa-yit-ga-ʿa-šû} ‘and they shook’, forming an intensifying parallelism.
Root and etymology
ר־ג־ז
“tremble, quake”
In context — Psalm 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains also trembled and were shaken, because He was angry.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Psalm 18:7, so the Hebrew word יִרְגָּ֑זוּ (yirgazu) 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.18.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.7.W6.S1) and character.