1 Samuel 13:3:91 Sam.13.3.W9TAB
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים
pelishettim
“Philistines”
- Transliteration
- pe-li-SHET-tim
- Extended
- peh-lih-SHET-tihm
- IPA
- /pəliʃˈtːiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Philistines
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-li-SHET-tim
- clause
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
- 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 verb’s subject yōnāṯān {יוֹנָתָן | yōnāṯān} ‘Jonathan’ immediately follows, and the direct object marker ʾēṯ {אֵת | ʾēṯ} signals the object nᵉṣîḇ pᵉlišᵗîm {נְצִיב פְּלִשְׁתִּים | nᵉṣîḇ pᵉlišᵗîm} ‘Philistine garrison’.
Root and etymology
p-l-shpe–lamed–shin
“invader”
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 13:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 13:3, so the Hebrew word פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים (pelishettim) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.3.W9.S1) and character.