1 Samuel 14:15:21 Sam.14.15.W2TAB
חֲרָדָ֨ה
kharada
“terror”
- Transliteration
- kha-ra-DA
- Extended
- khah-rah-DAA
- IPA
- /ħă.raːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- terror
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kha-ra-DA
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-HI kha-ra-DA va-ma-kha-NE va-sa-DE
- clause
va-te-HI kha-ra-DA va-ma-kha-NE va-sa-DE u-ve-KHOL-ha-AM ha-mma-TSAV ve-ha-mma-shi-KHIT khar-DU gam-HE-ma
- sentence
va-te-HI kha-ra-DA va-ma-kha-NE va-sa-DE u-ve-KHOL-ha-AM ha-mma-TSAV ve-ha-mma-shi-KHIT khar-DU gam-HE-ma va-tir-GAZ ha-A-rets va-te-HI le-kher-DAT e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect vatehi {וַתְּהִי֩ | və-ṯə-hî} ‘and it came to be’, introducing the event, followed by charadah {חֲרָדָ֨ה | ḥă-rā-dā} ‘panic’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-d
“to tremble, shake”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:15
And panic came upon the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The outpost and the raiders trembled as well; the earth shook, and it became a panic from God .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 14:15, so the Hebrew word חֲרָדָ֨ה (kharada) 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.14.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.15.W2.S1) and character.