1 Chronicles 14:9:11 Chr.14.9.W1TAB
וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים
ufelishtim
“and Philistines”
- Transliteration
- u-fe-lish-TIM
- Extended
- oo-feh-lihsh-TEEM
- IPA
- /u.fə.liʃˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Philistines
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
u-fe-lish-TIM
- clause
u-fe-lish-TIM ba-U
- sentence
u-fe-lish-TIM ba-U va-yif-she-TU be-E-mek re-fa-IM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the conjunction vav prefix in uplishtim {וּפְלִשְׁתִּים | ū-pə-lîš-tîm}, linking this event to the preceding action and marking the Philistines as the subject.
Root and etymology
p-l-shpeh–lamed–shin
“to invade”
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:9
And the Philistines came and raided in the Valley of Rephaim .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 14:9, so the Hebrew word וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (ufelishtim) 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.14.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.9.W1.S1) and character.