1 Samuel 13:16:111 Sam.13.16.W11TAB
חָנ֥וּ
khanu
“encamped”
- Transliteration
- kha-NU
- Extended
- khaa-NOO
- IPA
- /ħaːˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- encamped
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
kha-NU
- phraseyour reading level
kha-NU ve-mikh-MAS
- clause
u-fe-lish-TIM kha-NU ve-mikh-MAS
- sentence
ve-sha-UL ve-yo-na-TAN be-NO ve-ha-AM ha-nim-TSA im-AM yo-she-VIM be-GE-va bin-ya-MIN u-fe-lish-TIM kha-NU ve-mikh-MAS
Exegesis
Construct phrases begeva binyamin {בְּגֶבַע בִּנְיָמִן | bə-ḡē-ḇaʻ bin-ya-mīn} locate the Israelite force, while the contrastive coordination with upelishtim {וּפְלִשְׁתִּים | ū-pə-liš-tîm} and the perfect khanu {חָנוּ | ḥā-nū} marks the Philistine encampment at bemikhmash {בְּמִכְמָשׂ | bə-miḵ-maš}, underscoring the strategic tension.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:16
And Saul and his son Jonathan and the people who were found with them dwelt in Geba of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 13:16, so the Hebrew word חָנ֥וּ (khanu) 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.13.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.16.W11.S1) and character.