1 Samuel 14:1:181 Sam.14.1.W18TAB

הִגִּֽיד׃

higid

he told

Transliteration
hi-GID
Extended
hih-GEED
IPA
/higˈgiːd/

Meaning by language

English
he told

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הִ + גִּֽיד׃
hi + gid
higid

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Gimelg as in good
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Daletd as in door

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    hi-GID

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO hi-GID

  3. clause

    u-le-a-VIV LO hi-GID

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ha-YOM va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN ben-sha-UL el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ber-RA el-ma-TSAV pe-li-SHTIM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-LAZ u-le-a-VIV LO hi-GID

Exegesis

The final Hiphil perfect u-lə-ʾā-vîv lō higgîd {וּלְאָבִ֖יו לֹ֥א הִגִּֽיד | u-lə-ʾā-vîv lō hig-gîd} ‘but he did not tell his father’ indicates withheld information, emphasizing secrecy.

Root and etymology

y-dyod–dalet

power, hand

In context1 Samuel 14:1

And it happened on a certain day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man bearing his weapons, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of the Philistines that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 14:1:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 14:1, so the Hebrew word הִגִּֽיד׃ (higid) 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.14.1.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.1.W18.S1) and character.