1 Samuel 14:15:81 Sam.14.15.W8TAB

חָרְד֖וּ

khardu

trembled

Transliteration
khar-DU
Extended
khaar-DOO
IPA
/ħɔrˈduː/

Meaning by language

English
trembled

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Result
חָרְ + ד֖וּ
khar + du
khardu

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Daletd as in door
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    khar-DU

  2. 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

  3. 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 coordinated subjects hamatzav {הַמַּצָּב֙ | ham-maṣ-ṣāv} ‘the outpost’ and vehammashchit {וְהַמַּשְׁחִית | wə-hammash-ḥît} ‘and the raiders’ then undergo chardeu {חָרְדוּ֖ | ḥār-ḏū} ‘they trembled’, with gamhemmah {גַּם־הֵ֑מָּה | gam-hem-māh} ‘also they’ indicating inclusion.

In context1 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 14:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 14:15, so the Hebrew word חָרְד֖וּ (khardu) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.15.W8.S1) and character.