1 Samuel 13:11:81 Sam.13.11.W8TAB
כִֽי־נָפַ֨ץ
kinafats
“that scattered”
- Transliteration
- ki-na-FATS
- Extended
- kee-na-FAHTS
- IPA
- /kiː.naːˈfats/
Meaning by language
- English
- that scattered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ki-na-FATS
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ra-I-ti ki-na-FATS ha-AM
- clause
va-yo-MER sha-UL ki-ra-I-ti ki-na-FATS ha-AM me-laI ve-a-TA lo-va-TA le-mo-ED ha-ya-MIM u-fe-lish-TIM ne-e-sa-FIM mi-khe-MAS
- sentence
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL ME a-SI-ta va-yo-MER sha-UL ki-ra-I-ti ki-na-FATS ha-AM me-laI ve-a-TA lo-va-TA le-mo-ED ha-ya-MIM u-fe-lish-TIM ne-e-sa-FIM mi-khe-MAS
Exegesis
Saul’s response begins with the causal conjunction ki {כִּֽי־ | ki} ‘because’, marking layered reasons.
The perfect verb nā-phaṣ {נָפַ֨ץ | nā-phaṣ} ‘scattered’ with the subject ha-am {הָעָ֜ם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’ forms the first causal clause.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–pe–ṣade
“to scatter”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:11
Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “Because I saw that the people had scattered from me, that you had not come at the appointed time of the days, and that the Philistines were gathering at Michmash.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 13:11, so the Hebrew word כִֽי־נָפַ֨ץ (kinafats) 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 Sam.13.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.11.W8.S1) and character.