1 Chronicles 20:4:61 Chr.20.4.W6TAB
עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים
impelishtim
“with the Philistines”
- Transliteration
- im-pe-lish-TIM
- Extended
- ihm-peh-lihs-TEEM
- IPA
- /ʕim.pə.liʃˈtʰiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the Philistines
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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
im-pe-lish-TIM
- clause
va-ye-HI a-kha-REI-KHEN va-ta-a-MOD mil-kha-MA be-GE-zer im-pe-lish-TIM
- 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 prepositional phrase beGezer {בְּגֶ֖זֶר | bə·ḡe·zêr} ‘in Gezer’ situates the action, and im-Pelishtim {עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | ʿim-plî·šṯîm} ‘with the Philistines’ names the opposing group.
Root and etymology
ע־ם
“people, nation”
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 20:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 20:4, so the Hebrew word עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים (impelishtim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.4.W6.S1) and character.