1 Chronicles 14:8:91 Chr.14.8.W9TAB
לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ
levakkesh
“to seek”
- Transliteration
- le-vak-KESH
- Extended
- leh-vahk-KEESH
- IPA
- /ləvaqˈqeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to seek
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
le-vak-KESH
- phraseyour reading level
le-vak-KESH et-da-VID
- clause
va-yish-me-U fe-lish-TIM ki-nim-SHAKH da-VID le-ME-lekh al-kol-yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-LU khol-fe-lish-TIM le-vak-KESH et-da-VID
- sentence
va-yish-me-U fe-lish-TIM ki-nim-SHAKH da-VID le-ME-lekh al-kol-yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-LU khol-fe-lish-TIM le-vak-KESH et-da-VID va-yish-MA da-VID va-ye-TSE lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The Piel infinitive levaqqesh {לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ | ləvaqqēš} with et-David {אֶת־דָּוִ֑יד | ’et Dāwîḏ} explicitly identifies David as the direct object of pursuit.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–qof–shin
“to seek”
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:8
And the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek David. When David heard of it, he went out against them .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 14:8, so the Hebrew word לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (levakkesh) 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.14.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.8.W9.S1) and character.