Genesis 31:23:12Gen.31.23.W12PAT

הַגִּלְעָֽד׃

hagilad

Gilead

Transliteration
ha-gil-AD
Extended
hah-gihl-AAD
IPA
/hag.gilˈʕaːd/

Meaning by language

English
Gilead
French
Galaad
Spanish
Galaad
Portuguese
Gileade
German
Gilead
Russian
Галаада
Arabic-Simplified
جِلْعَادَ
Hindi
गिलाद के
Chinese-Simplified
基列的
Korean
길르앗의
Indonesian
Gilead
Bengali
গিলিয়দের
Tagalog
Galaad
Swahili
Gileadi
Amharic
የጊልዓድ
Yoruba
Gileadi
Igbo
Gilead
Twi
Gilead
Ewe
Gilead

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + גִּלְ + עָֽד׃
ha + gil + ad
hagilad

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Gimelg as in good
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-gil-AD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-HAR ha-gil-AD

  3. clause

    va-ya-de-BEK o-TO be-HAR ha-gil-AD

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH et-e-KHAV im-MO va-yir-DOF a-kha-RAV DE-rekh shiv-AT ya-MIM va-ya-de-BEK o-TO be-HAR ha-gil-AD

In contextGenesis 31:23

he took his kinsmen with him he pursued after him a distance of seven days he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 31:23, so the Hebrew word הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ (hagilad) 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 Gen.31.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.23.W12.S1) and character.