1 Samuel 14:20:121 Sam.14.20.W12TAB
בְּרֵעֵ֔הוּ
bereehu
“against his fellow”
- Transliteration
- be-re-E-hu
- Extended
- beh-ree-EH-hoo
- IPA
- /bəreːˈʕeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against his fellow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-re-E-hu
- clause
ve-hin-NE ha-ye-TA KHE-rev ISH be-re-E-hu me-hu-MA ge-do-LA me-OD
- sentence
va-yiz-ZA-ek sha-UL ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-VO-u ad-ha-mil-kha-MA ve-hin-NE ha-ye-TA KHE-rev ISH be-re-E-hu me-hu-MA ge-do-LA me-OD
Exegesis
Vehinnēh {וְהִנֵּה | ve-hin-neh} introduces the dramatic scene, followed by hayetah {הָיְתָה | ha-ye-tah}, a qal perfect serving as a nominal copula for the clause cherev ish bere’ehu {חֶרֶב אִישׁ בְּרֵעֵהוּ | ḥe-reb ’ish be-re-ʼe-hu} ‘a sword of a man with his friend’.
Root and etymology
r-‛-ʿreaʿ
“friend, companion”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:20
And Saul and all the people who were with him cried out, and they came up to the battle. And behold, the sword of each man was turned against his companion , and there was very great confusion .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 14:20, so the Hebrew word בְּרֵעֵ֔הוּ (bereehu) 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.14.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.20.W12.S1) and character.