1 Samuel 14:19:61 Sam.14.19.W6TAB
וְהֶהָמ֗וֹן
vehehamon
“and the tumult”
- Transliteration
- ve-he-ha-MON
- Extended
- veh-heh-haa-MOHN
- IPA
- /vəhɛhaˈmoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the tumult
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-he-ha-MON
- clause
va-ye-HI AD di-BER sha-UL el-ha-ko-HEN ve-he-ha-MON a-SHER be-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM va-YE-lekh ha-LOKH va-RAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI AD di-BER sha-UL el-ha-ko-HEN ve-he-ha-MON a-SHER be-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM va-YE-lekh ha-LOKH va-RAV va-YO-mer sha-UL el-ha-ko-HEN e-SOF ya-DE-kha
Exegesis
The subject phrase vehemon asher bemachaneh Pelishtim vayelekh halokh varav {וְהֶהָמוֹן אֲשֶׁר בְּמַחֲנֵה פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיֵּלֶךְ הָלֹךְ וָרָב | wəhhemōn ʼăšer bəmăḥănêh Pəlišṭīm wəyēleḵ hālōḵ wārāv} uses the infinitive absolute halokh {הָלֹךְ | hālōḵ} ‘going’ alongside vayelekh ‘went’ and varav ‘it increased’ to emphasize ongoing intensification of the tumult.
Root and etymology
h-m-nheh–mem–nun
“tumult; crowd”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:19
And it happened while Saul was speaking to the priest , that the tumult in the camp of the Philistines continued and increased; so Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand” .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 14:19, so the Hebrew word וְהֶהָמ֗וֹן (vehehamon) 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.14.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.19.W6.S1) and character.