1 Samuel 13:17:21 Sam.13.17.W2TAB
הַמַּשְׁחִ֛ית
hammashkhit
“the destroyer”
- Transliteration
- ham-mash-KHIT
- Extended
- hahm-mahsh-KHEET
- IPA
- /ham.maʃˈħiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the destroyer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ham-mash-KHIT
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSE ham-mash-KHIT
- clause
va-ye-TSE ham-mash-KHIT mim-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM she-lo-SHA ra-SHIM
- 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 participle hamashchit {הַמַּשְׁחִ֛ית | ham-mash-ḥı̄t} ‘raiding party’ functions as the subject, indicating an organized assault.
Root and etymology
ש־ח־ת
“to devastate”
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 13:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 13:17, so the Hebrew word הַמַּשְׁחִ֛ית (hammashkhit) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.17.W2.S1) and character.