1 Samuel 14:1:81 Sam.14.1.W8TAB
כֵלָ֔יו
kelav
“his equipment or his weapons”
- Transliteration
- ke-LAV
- Extended
- keh-LAAV
- IPA
- /keːˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his equipment or his weapons
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
no-SE ke-LAV
- clause
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
- 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 subject Jonathan ben Shaʾul {יוֹנָתָ֤ן בֶּן־שָׁאוּל֙ | yô-nā-thān ben shā-ʾûl} ‘Jonathan, son of Saul’ is followed by the dative ʾel han-naʿar {אֶל־הַנַּ֙עַר֙ | ʾel han-nāʿ-ăr} ‘to the young man’, further specified by the participle nōśēʾ kēlāv {נֹשֵׂ֣א כֵּלָ֔יו | nō-sēʾ kē-lā̆v} ‘bearing his weapons’.
Root and etymology
k-l-ykaf–lamed–yod
“vessel, implement”
In context — 1 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 14:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 14:1, so the Hebrew word כֵלָ֔יו (kelav) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.1.W8.S1) and character.