1 Samuel 14:22:41 Sam.14.22.W4TAB
הַמִּֽתְחַבְּאִ֤ים
hamitkhabeim
“the ones hiding themselves”
- Transliteration
- ha-mit-kha-be-IM
- Extended
- hah-mihth-khah-beh-EEM
- IPA
- /ham.mit.ħa.vˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ones hiding themselves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-mit-kha-be-IM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-mit-kha-be-IM be-HAR-e-fra-YIM
- clause
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL ha-mit-kha-be-IM be-HAR-e-fra-YIM sha-me-U ki-na-SU pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL ha-mit-kha-be-IM be-HAR-e-fra-YIM sha-me-U ki-na-SU pe-lish-TIM va-yad-be-KU gam-HE-ma a-kha-re-HEM ba-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The Hitpael participle ha-mitchabbe’im {הַמִּתְחַבְּאִים | ham-mit-ḥab-be-’îm} conveys ongoing self-concealment in the prepositional phrase be-har-Ephrayim {בְּהַר־אֶפְרַיִם | bə-har ’e-phra-yim}.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:22
All the men of Israel who had been hiding themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, and they too pursued closely after them in the battle .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 14:22, so the Hebrew word הַמִּֽתְחַבְּאִ֤ים (hamitkhabeim) 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.14.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.22.W4.S1) and character.