1 Samuel 13:6:121 Sam.13.6.W12TAB
וּבַֽחֲוָחִים֙
uvakhavakhim
“and in the holes”
- Transliteration
- u-va-kha-va-KHIM
- Extended
- oo-vah-khah-vah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /uːvaħăwaːˈħiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in the holes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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
u-va-kha-va-KHIM
- phraseyour reading level
bam-me-a-ROT u-va-kha-va-KHIM
- clause
va-yit-khav-be-U ha-AM bam-me-a-ROT u-va-kha-va-KHIM u-vas-se-la-IM u-vats-tse-ri-KHIM u-vab-bo-ROT
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL ra-U KI tsar-LO KI nig-GASH ha-AM va-yit-khav-be-U ha-AM bam-me-a-ROT u-va-kha-va-KHIM u-vas-se-la-IM u-vats-tse-ri-KHIM u-vab-bo-ROT
Root and etymology
ח־ו־ח
“thicket; brushwood”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in distress and that the people were hard pressed, the people hid themselves in the caves and in the thickets, and in the rocks, and in the crevices, and in the pits .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 13:6, so the Hebrew word וּבַֽחֲוָחִים֙ (uvakhavakhim) 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.13.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.6.W12.S1) and character.