1 Chronicles 20:4:131 Chr.20.4.W13TAB
הָרְפָאִ֖ים
harfeaim
“the Rephaim”
- Transliteration
- har-fe-a-IM
- Extended
- haar-reh-fah-EEM
- IPA
- /haːr.fə.ʔaˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Rephaim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
har-fe-a-IM
- phraseyour reading level
mi-yi-lid-EI har-fe-a-IM
- clause
AZ hi-KA sib-be-KHAI ha-khu-sha-TI et-sip-PAI mi-yi-lid-EI har-fe-a-IM va-yik-ka-NE-u
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-REI-KHEN va-ta-a-MOD mil-kha-MA be-GE-zer im-pe-lish-TIM AZ hi-KA sib-be-KHAI ha-khu-sha-TI et-sip-PAI mi-yi-lid-EI har-fe-a-IM va-yik-ka-NE-u
Exegesis
The construct miyildei {מִילְדֵ֥י | mîn·yl·dê} ‘from the descendants of’ with the definite plural haRephaim {הָרְפָאִ֖ים | ha·rĕ·pā·ʾîm} ‘the Rephaim’ indicates lineage, and the vav-consecutive Nifal imperfect vayikkane’u {וַיִּכָּנֵֽעוּ | wə·yi·ḵăn·nə·ʿū} ‘and they were subdued’ identifies the result as the Philistines’ subjugation.
Root and etymology
ר־פ־א
“giants”
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:4
And it happened after this, that war arose in Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbekai the Hushathite struck Sippai, from the descendants of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Chronicles 20:4, so the Hebrew word הָרְפָאִ֖ים (harfeaim) 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.20.4.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.4.W13.S1) and character.