1 Samuel 14:21:41 Sam.14.21.W4TAB

כְּאֶתְמ֣וֹל

keetmol

as yesterday

Transliteration
ke-et-MOL
Extended
keh-eht-MOHL
IPA
/kəʔɛtˈmoːl/

Meaning by language

English
as yesterday

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כְּ + אֶתְ + מ֣וֹל
ke + et + mol
keetmol

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-et-MOL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ke-et-MOL shil-SHOM

  3. clause

    ve-ha-iv-RIM ha-YU lap-pe-lish-TIM ke-et-MOL shil-SHOM a-SHER a-LU im-MAM bam-ma-kha-NE sa-VIV

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-iv-RIM ha-YU lap-pe-lish-TIM ke-et-MOL shil-SHOM a-SHER a-LU im-MAM bam-ma-kha-NE sa-VIV ve-gam-HE-ma li-he-YOT im-yis-ra-EL a-SHER im-sha-UL ve-yo-na-TAN

Exegesis

The idiomatic temporal comparison kə-ʾet-mōl šil-šôm {כְּאֶתְמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם | kə-ʾet-mōl šil-šôm} ‘like yesterday and the day before’ signals habitual alignment.

In context1 Samuel 14:21

And the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines like the previous days , who had gone up with them around the camp, likewise turned to be with Israel—those with Saul and Jonathan .

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 14:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 14:21, so the Hebrew word כְּאֶתְמ֣וֹל (keetmol) 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.14.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.21.W4.S1) and character.