1 Chronicles 21:20:81 Chr.21.20.W8TAB
מִֽתְחַבְּאִ֑ים
mitkhabeim
“hiding themselves”
- Transliteration
- mit-kha-be-IM
- Extended
- mihth-khah-beh-EEM
- IPA
- /miθ.ħab.bəˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- hiding themselves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
mit-kha-be-IM
- clause
va-ya-SHAV or-NA-n va-yar-E et-ha-mal-AKH ve-ar-ba-AT ba-NAV im-MO mit-kha-be-IM
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV or-NA-n va-yar-E et-ha-mal-AKH ve-ar-ba-AT ba-NAV im-MO mit-kha-be-IM ve-or-NA-n DASH khi-TIM
Exegesis
The phrase wəʾarbaʿat bānāyw ʿimmō {וְאַרְבַּ֧עַת בָּנָ֛יו עִמּ֖וֹ | wəʾarbaʿat bānāyw ʿimmō} adds accompanying participants, and the participle mitḥabbəʾîm {מִֽתְחַבְּאִ֑ים | mitḥabbəʾîm} ‘hiding themselves’ functions circumstantially, portraying their fear-response as concurrent with Ornan’s seeing.
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:20
And Ornan turned back and saw the angel , and his four sons with him were hiding themselves; and Ornan was threshing wheat .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 21:20, so the Hebrew word מִֽתְחַבְּאִ֑ים (mitkhabeim) 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.21.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.20.W8.S1) and character.