1 Samuel 13:22:71 Sam.13.22.W7TAB
וַחֲנִית֙
vakhanit
“and a spear”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-NIT
- Extended
- vah-khah-NEET
- IPA
- /vaħăˈniːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a spear
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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
va-kha-NIT
- phraseyour reading level
KHE-rev va-kha-NIT
- clause
ve-ha-YA be-YOM mil-khe-MET ve-LO nim-TSA KHE-rev va-kha-NIT be-YAD kol-ha-AM a-SHER et-sha-UL ve-et-yo-na-TAN
- sentence
ve-ha-YA be-YOM mil-khe-MET ve-LO nim-TSA KHE-rev va-kha-NIT be-YAD kol-ha-AM a-SHER et-sha-UL ve-et-yo-na-TAN va-tim-ma-TSE le-sha-UL u-le-yo-na-TAN be-NO
Exegesis
The negative velo nimtza {וְלֹ֨א נִמְצָ֜א | wə-lōʾ nim-ṣāʾ} introduces absence of the coordinated nouns cherev {חֶרֶב | ḥe-reḇ} va-ḥă-nîṯ {וַחֲנִית֙ | va-ḥă-nîṯ} ‘sword and spear.’
Root and etymology
ḥ-n-tḥet–nun–tet
“thrusting weapon”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:22
And it came to pass on the day of battle that no sword or spear was found in the hand of all the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but it was found for Saul and for Jonathan his son.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 13:22, so the Hebrew word וַחֲנִית֙ (vakhanit) 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.13.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.22.W7.S1) and character.