1 Chronicles 20:5:141 Chr.20.5.W14TAB
כִּמְנ֖וֹר
kimnor
“like a beam”
- Transliteration
- kim-NOR
- Extended
- kihm-NOHR
- IPA
- /kimˈnoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a beam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
kim-NOR
- clause
va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-OR ya-IR et-lakh-MI a-KHI gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
- sentence
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA et-pe-lish-TIM va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-OR ya-IR et-lakh-MI a-KHI gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
Exegesis
The simile ki-menor orgim {כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים | ki-me-nôr ʾôr-gîm} ‘like a weaver’s beam’ heightens the visual image of the spear’s shaft.
Root and etymology
n-w-rnun–waw–resh
“beam”
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:5
And again, there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Yair struck Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite , and the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Chronicles 20:5, so the Hebrew word כִּמְנ֖וֹר (kimnor) 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.20.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.5.W14.S1) and character.