1 Chronicles 20:6:131 Chr.20.6.W13TAB
לְהָרָפָֽא׃
leharafa
“to the Rapha or to the giant-kind”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-ra-FA
- Extended
- leh-haa-rah-FAA
- IPA
- /ləhaːraːˈfɔː(ʔ)/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the Rapha or to the giant-kind
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
le-ha-ra-FA
- phraseyour reading level
no-LAD le-ha-ra-FA
- clause
va-ye-HI ISH mid-DA ve-ets-be-o-TAI-v SHESH-va-SHESH e-se-RIM ve-ar-BA ve-GAM-HU no-LAD le-ha-ra-FA
- sentence
va-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA be-GAT va-ye-HI ISH mid-DA ve-ets-be-o-TAI-v SHESH-va-SHESH e-se-RIM ve-ar-BA ve-GAM-HU no-LAD le-ha-ra-FA
Exegesis
The final clause ve-gam hu nolad le-harapa {וְגַם־הוּא נוֹלַד לְהָרָפָא | wə·gam-hû’ nô·lād lə·hā·rā·p̄ā’} “and he also was born to Rapha” indicates his giant lineage.
Root and etymology
r-p-ʾresh–pe–aleph
“healer”
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:6
And there was again battle in Gath, and there was a man of great stature whose fingers were six on each hand and whose toes were six on each foot, twenty and four in total; and he also was born to Rapha .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Chronicles 20:6, so the Hebrew word לְהָרָפָֽא׃ (leharafa) 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.20.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.6.W13.S1) and character.