1 Samuel 14:26:31 Sam.14.26.W3TAB
אֶל־הַיַּ֔עַר
elhayaar
“to the forest”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ya-AR
- Extended
- ehl-hah-yah-AAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haj.jaˈʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the forest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-ya-AR
- clause
va-ya-VO ha-AM el-ha-ya-AR ve-hin-NE HE-lekh de-VASH
- 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
The narrative begins with the vav consecutive verb vayavo {וַיָּבֹ֤א | way-yā-bō} ‘and he came’, marking a past event, with the definite subject ha‘am {הָעָם֙ | hā-‘am} ‘the people’ entering the locative clause el-haya‘ar {אֶל־הַיַּ֔עַר | ʾel-ha-ya-‘ar} ‘into the forest’.
Root and etymology
י־ע־ר
“forest, thicket”
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 14:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:26, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַיַּ֔עַר (elhayaar) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.26.W3.S1) and character.