1 Chronicles 20:5:31 Chr.20.5.W3TAB
אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים
etpelishtim
“{direct object marker}-Philistines”
- Transliteration
- et-pe-lish-TIM
- Extended
- eht-peh-lihsh-TEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.pə.liʃˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker}-Philistines
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-pe-lish-TIM
- clause
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA et-pe-lish-TIM
- 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 simple nominal clause milchamah {מִלְחָמָה | mil-ḥā-mā} ‘battle’ takes Philistines as a direct object with et {אֶת | ʾet}.
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 20:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 20:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים (etpelishtim) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.5.W3.S1) and character.