1 Samuel 13:17:111 Sam.13.17.W11TAB
עָפְרָ֖ה
afera
“Ophrah”
- Transliteration
- a-fe-RA
- Extended
- aa-feh-RAA
- IPA
- /ʕɔfˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ophrah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-fe-RA
- 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
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 13:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 13:17, so the Hebrew word עָפְרָ֖ה (afera) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.17.W11.S1) and character.