1 Samuel 13:12:101 Sam.13.12.W10TAB
חִלִּ֑יתִי
khiliti
“I sought favor or I entreated”
- Transliteration
- khi-li-TI
- Extended
- khih-lii-TEE
- IPA
- /ħilˈliːtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I sought favor or I entreated
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
khi-li-TI
- phraseyour reading level
LO khi-li-TI
- clause
va-o-MAR a-TA yer-DU fe-li-sh-TIM e-LAI ha-gil-GAL u-fe-NE ye-ho-VAH LO khi-li-TI
- sentence
va-o-MAR a-TA yer-DU fe-li-sh-TIM e-LAI ha-gil-GAL u-fe-NE ye-ho-VAH LO khi-li-TI va-et-a-PAK va-a-le ha-o-LA
Exegesis
The idiomatic upnei YHWH lo chilliti {וּפְנֵי יְהוָה לֹא חִלִּיתִי | û-p̄ənê Yə-hō-wāh lō’ ḥillîṯî} literally ‘the face of YHWH I have not sought’ uses pnei ‘face/presence’ to denote divine favor.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-hḥet–lamed–he
“to seek favor, entreat”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:12
And I said, “Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the face of the LORD ; so I restrained myself and I offered the burnt offering.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 13:12, so the Hebrew word חִלִּ֑יתִי (khiliti) 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.13.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.12.W10.S1) and character.