1 Chronicles 20:8:31 Chr.20.8.W3TAB
לְהָרָפָ֖א
leharafa
“to the Rapha or to the giant-clan”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-ra-FA
- Extended
- leh-haa-raa-faa
- IPA
- /ləhaːraːˈfaː(ʔ)/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the Rapha or to the giant-clan
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
nul-le-DU le-ha-ra-FA
- clause
EL nul-le-DU le-ha-ra-FA be-GAT
- sentence
EL nul-le-DU le-ha-ra-FA be-GAT va-yip-LE ve-YAD-da-VID u-ve-YAD-a-va-DAV
Exegesis
The construct chain leharap̄a {לְהָרָפָ֖א | lə-hā-rā-p̄āʾ} ‘to the Rapha’ links descendants to a giant clan, while the prepositional phrase begat {בְּגַת | bə-gat} ‘in Gath’ locates them.
Root and etymology
r-p-ʾresh–pe–aleph
“healer”
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:8
These descendants of the Rapha in Gath fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 20:8, so the Hebrew word לְהָרָפָ֖א (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.20.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.8.W3.S1) and character.