1 Chronicles 13:8:31 Chr.13.8.W3TAB
מְשַׂחֲקִ֛ים
mesakhakim
“rejoicing or celebrating”
- Transliteration
- me-sa-kha-KIM
- Extended
- meh-sah-khah-KEEM
- IPA
- /məsaħăˈqiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- rejoicing or celebrating
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-sa-kha-KIM
- clause
ve-da-VID ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL me-sa-kha-KIM lif-NE ha-e-lo-HIM be-KHOL-OZ
- sentence
ve-da-VID ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL me-sa-kha-KIM lif-NE ha-e-lo-HIM be-KHOL-OZ u-ve-shi-RIM u-ve-khi-no-ROT u-vin-va-LIM u-ve-tu-PIM u-vim-tsil-TA-yim u-va-kha-tsots-ROT
Exegesis
The coordinated subject “David and all Israel” forms a unified group, and the participle mesachakim {מְשַׂחֲקִים | mə-śaḥa-qîm} presents the action as ongoing and energetic rather than a single completed moment.
Root and etymology
ś-ḥ-qsin–chet–qof
“to play, laugh”
In context — 1 Chronicles 13:8
David and all Israel were celebrating before God , with all their might , and with songs, and with lyres, and with harps, and with drums, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 13:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 13:8, so the Hebrew word מְשַׂחֲקִ֛ים (mesakhakim) 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 1 Chr.13.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.13.8.W3.S1) and character.