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

Result
מִֽ + תְ + חַ + בְּאִ֑ים
mit + kha + be + im
mitkhabeim

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    mit-kha-be-IM

  2. 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

  3. 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 context1 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.