1 Samuel 13:17:101 Sam.13.17.W10TAB
אֶל־דֶּ֥רֶךְ
elderekh
“toward the way of”
- Transliteration
- el-DE-rekh
- Extended
- ehl-DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈdɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward the way of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
el-DE-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
el-DE-rekh a-fe-RA
- clause
ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE el-DE-rekh a-fe-RA el-E-rets shu-AL
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ham-mash-KHIT mim-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM she-lo-SHA ra-SHIM ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE el-DE-rekh a-fe-RA el-E-rets shu-AL
Exegesis
The paired prepositions ʼel de-reḵ {אֶל־דֶּרֶךְ | ʼel de-reḵ} ‘toward the road’ and ʼel ʼereṣ {אֶל־אֶרֶץ | ʼel ʼereṣ} ‘toward the land’ frame both the immediate route and the broader destination, underlining the strategic nature of the raid. Toponyms Ophrah and Shual anchor the action in specific geographic locales.
Root and etymology
ד־ר־ךְ
“path, way”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:17
And the raiding party went out from the camp of the Philistines in three detachments; one detachment turned toward the road to Ophrah, toward the land of Shual.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 13:17, so the Hebrew word אֶל־דֶּ֥רֶךְ (elderekh) 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.13.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.17.W10.S1) and character.