1 Samuel 13:3:121 Sam.13.3.W12TAB
בַּשּׁוֹפָ֤ר
bashofar
“with the trumpet”
- Transliteration
- ba-sho-FAR
- Extended
- bah-shoh-FAAR
- IPA
- /baʃ.ʃoːˈfaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the trumpet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-sho-FAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-UL ta-KA ba-sho-FAR be-khol-ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-sha-UL ta-KA ba-sho-FAR be-khol-ha-A-rets le-MOR yish-me-U ha-iv-RIM
- sentence
va-YAKH yo-na-TAN ET ne-TSIV pe-li-SHET-tim a-SHER be-GE-va va-yish-me-U pe-li-SHET-tim ve-sha-UL ta-KA ba-sho-FAR be-khol-ha-A-rets le-MOR yish-me-U ha-iv-RIM
Exegesis
The narrative continues with wayyišmᵉʿû {וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ | wayyišmᵉʿû} ‘and they heard’, followed by the conjunction wə {וְ | wə} attaching to šāʼûl {שָׁאוּל | šāʼûl} ‘Saul’, which introduces the action ṯāqaʿ {תָּקַע | ṯāqaʿ} ‘blew’ in the shôp̄ār {שׁוֹפָר | šôp̄ār} ‘trumpet’.
Root and etymology
š-p-rshin–pe–resh
“ram’s horn”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:3
And Jonathan struck the Philistine garrison that was at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 13:3, so the Hebrew word בַּשּׁוֹפָ֤ר (bashofar) 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.13.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.3.W12.S1) and character.