1 Samuel 13:21:51 Sam.13.21.W5TAB

וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔ים

velaetim

“and for the mattocks”

Transliteration: ve-la-E-tim
Extended: veh-laa-EE-tihm
IPA: /wəlaːʔeːˈθiːm/

Meaning by language

English: and for the mattocks

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + לָ֣ + אֵ + תִ֔ים

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ve + la + e + tim

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velaetim

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Lamed	l as in law
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Tav	t as in top
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

word
ve-la-E-tim
clause
ve-ha-ye-TA ha-pe-tsi-RA PIM lam-ma-kha-re-SHOT ve-la-E-tim ve-lish-LOSH kil-sHON u-le-hak-kar-de-MIM
sentence
ve-ha-ye-TA ha-pe-tsi-RA PIM lam-ma-kha-re-SHOT ve-la-E-tim ve-lish-LOSH kil-sHON u-le-hak-kar-de-MIM u-le-ha-TSIV ha-dar-VAN

Exegesis

This is followed by a paratactic series of prepositional phrases—pim {פִ֗ים | pîm} plus lamacharesot {לַמַּֽחֲרֵשֹׁת֙ | lammaḥ-rē-šōṯ} ‘for the plowshares’, wəla’ētim {וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔ים | wə-lā-’ē-ṯîm} ‘and for the mattocks’, wəlišlōš qilšôn {וְלִשְׁלֹ֥שׁ קִלְּשׁ֖וֹן | wə-li-šlōš qil-šôn} ‘and for three-pronged forks’, ūləhakkarḏumîm {וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּ֑ים | ū-lə-hak-kar-ḏum-îm} ‘and for the axes’.

In context — 1 Samuel 13:21

And the charge for sharpening was a pim for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and for three-pronged forks and for the axes, and for fixing the goad .

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 13:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 13:21, so the Hebrew word וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔ים (velaetim) 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.13.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.21.W5.S1) and character.

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