1 Samuel 13:19:11 Sam.13.19.W1TAB
וְחָרָשׁ֙
vekharash
“and a craftsman or smith”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-RASH
- Extended
- veh-khaa-RASH
- IPA
- /vəħaːˈraːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a craftsman or smith
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kha-RASH
- clause
ve-kha-RASH LO yim-ma-TSE be-KHOL E-rets yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-kha-RASH LO yim-ma-TSE be-KHOL E-rets yis-ra-EL KI-a-MAR am-re-VU fe-lish-TIM PEN ya-a-SU ha-iv-RIM KHE-rev O kha-NIT
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the noun charash {חָרָשׁ֙ | ḥā-rā-š} ‘craftsman’ linked by the conjunction waw to the negative particle lo {לֹ֣א | lōʼ}, which precedes the Nifal imperfect yim-mā-ṣēʼ {יִמָּצֵ֔א | yim-mā-ṣēʼ} ‘will be found’ to form a negative existential clause.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-šḥet–resh–shin
“to carve, fashion”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:19
And no craftsman could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make a sword or a spear.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 13:19, so the Hebrew word וְחָרָשׁ֙ (vekharash) 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.13.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.19.W1.S1) and character.