1 Samuel 13:18:121 Sam.13.18.W12TAB
הַנִּשְׁקָ֛ף
hanishkaf
“the one looking down or the one overlooking”
- Transliteration
- ha-nish-KAF
- Extended
- hah-nish-KAAF
- IPA
- /han.niʃˈqaːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one looking down or the one overlooking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-nish-KAF
- clause
ve-ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE DE-rekh ha-ge-VUL ha-nish-KAF al-GE ha-tse-vo-IM ha-mid-ba-RA
- sentence
ve-ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-ne DE-rekh BET kho-RON ve-ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE DE-rekh ha-ge-VUL ha-nish-KAF al-GE ha-tse-vo-IM ha-mid-ba-RA
Exegesis
The second unit repeats the pattern with another yipneh derekh pair, then specifies a vantage border using the participle han-nishkaf {הַנִּשְׁקָ֛ף | han-niš-qāḳ} ‘overlooking’ in ha-gevul han-nishkaf {הַגְּב֔וּל הַנִּשְׁקָ֛ף | ha-gə-būl han-niš-qāḳ} ‘the-border overlooking’.
In context — 1 Samuel 13:18
And one company turned toward the road to Beth Horon, and one company turned toward the road to the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 13:18, so the Hebrew word הַנִּשְׁקָ֛ף (hanishkaf) 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.13.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.18.W12.S1) and character.