1 Chronicles 15:29:101 Chr.15.29.W10TAB
נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה
nishkefa
“looked out”
- Transliteration
- nish-ke-FA
- Extended
- nihsh-keh-FAH
- IPA
- /niʃ.qəˈfaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- looked out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
nish-ke-FA
- phraseyour reading level
nish-ke-FA be-AD ha-kha-LON
- clause
u-mi-KHAL bat-sha-UL nish-ke-FA be-AD ha-kha-LON va-te-RE et-ha-ME-lekh da-VID me-ra-KED u-me-sa-KHEK va-ti-BEZ LO be-li-BA
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-RON be-RIT ye-ho-VAH BA ad-I-r da-VID u-mi-KHAL bat-sha-UL nish-ke-FA be-AD ha-kha-LON va-te-RE et-ha-ME-lekh da-VID me-ra-KED u-me-sa-KHEK va-ti-BEZ LO be-li-BA
Exegesis
The Niphal perfect nishkefah {נִשְׁקְפָה | niškə-p̄āh} ‘looked out’ and be-ad ha-chalon {בְּעַד הַחַלּוֹן | bə-ʿad ha-ḥālôn} ‘through the window’ signal her distant vantage. The paired verbs va-tereh …
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:29
And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, daughter of Saul, looked out through the window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:29:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Chronicles 15:29, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה (nishkefa) 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.15.29.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.29.W10.S1) and character.