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

Result
הַ + מִּֽ + תְ + חַ + בְּאִ֤ים
ha + mit + kha + be + im
hamitkhabeim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-mit-kha-be-IM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-mit-kha-be-IM be-HAR-e-fra-YIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.