1 Samuel 13:2:211 Sam.13.2.W21TAB

לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃

leohalav

to his tent

Transliteration
le-o-ha-LAV
Extended
leh-oh-haa-LAAV
IPA
/ləʔoːhɔːˈlaːw/

Meaning by language

English
to his tent

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + אֹ + הָ + לָֽיו׃
le + o + ha + lav
leohalav

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-o-ha-LAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ISH le-o-ha-LAV

  3. clause

    ve-YE-ter ha-AM shi-LAKH ISH le-o-ha-LAV

  4. sentence

    va-yiv-KHAR-LO sha-UL she-LO-shet a-la-FIM mi-yis-ra-EL va-yih-YU im-sha-UL al-pa-YIM be-mikh-MAS u-ve-HAR BET-EL ve-E-lef ha-YU im-yo-na-TAN be-giv-AT bin-ya-MIN ve-YE-ter ha-AM shi-LAKH ISH le-o-ha-LAV

Exegesis

The repeated vav-conjunctions create narrative flow, while the final dismissal clause uses the perfect shillakh {שִׁלַּח | šillāḥ} ‘he sent’, ish {אִישׁ | ʼîš} ‘each man’, and the infinitive-directional le-ohalav {לְאֹהָלָיו | lə-ʼōhālāw} ‘to his tents’, rendered in English as discrete past actions to preserve emphasis on assignment and dismissal.

Root and etymology

’-h-laleph–heh–lamed

tent

In context1 Samuel 13:2

And Saul chose for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent, each man to his tent .

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 13:2:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 1 Samuel 13:2, so the Hebrew word לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ (leohalav) 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.13.2.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.2.W21.S1) and character.