1 Samuel 14:26:121 Sam.14.26.W12TAB
אֶת־הַשְּׁבֻעָֽה׃
ethashevua
“the oath”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-she-vu-A
- Extended
- eht-hah-sheh-voo-AAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haʃ.ʃəvuːˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the oath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-she-vu-A
- clause
ve-EN-ma-si-SIG ya-DO el-pi-V ki-ya-RE ha-AM et-ha-she-vu-A
- sentence
va-ya-VO ha-AM el-ha-ya-AR ve-hin-NE HE-lekh de-VASH ve-EN-ma-si-SIG ya-DO el-pi-V ki-ya-RE ha-AM et-ha-she-vu-A
Exegesis
Finally, the causal conjunction ki {כִּֽי־ | kî-} ‘for’ introduces the result clause where the perfect verb yare {יָרֵ֥א | yā-rēʼ} ‘feared’ takes the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet-} before hashevuah {הַשְּׁבֻעָֽה | ha-šə-vū-ʻāh} ‘the oath’, placing the motivating fear at the conclusion for rhetorical impact.
Root and etymology
š-b-ʻshin–bet–ayin
“oath, pledge”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:26
And the people came into the forest, and behold, honey was flowing; but no one reached his hand to his mouth, because the people feared the oath .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:26:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 14:26, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַשְּׁבֻעָֽה׃ (ethashevua) 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.14.26.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.26.W12.S1) and character.