1 Samuel 14:27:31 Sam.14.27.W3TAB
בְּהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ
behashbea
“when {he} made swear”
- Transliteration
- be-hash-be-A
- Extended
- beh-hahsh-bee-A
- IPA
- /bәhaʃˈbiːaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- when {he} made swear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-hash-be-A
- phraseyour reading level
be-hash-be-A a-VIV
- clause
ve-yo-na-TAN LO-sha-MA be-hash-be-A a-VIV et-ha-AM va-yish-LAKH et-kse ha-ma-TE a-SHER be-ya-DO va-yit-BOL o-TA be-ya-RAT ha-de-VASH
- sentence
ve-yo-na-TAN LO-sha-MA be-hash-be-A a-VIV et-ha-AM va-yish-LAKH et-kse ha-ma-TE a-SHER be-ya-DO va-yit-BOL o-TA be-ya-RAT ha-de-VASH va-ya-SHEV ya-DO el-PIV ve-te-RE-na va-ta-OR-na e-NAIV
Exegesis
The prepositional infinitive behashbi‘a {בְּהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ | bə-haš-bî-‘a} ‘in causing to swear’ frames the circumstance in a Hiphil infinitive construct.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־ע
“to make swear”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:27
Now Jonathan did not hear when his father caused the people to swear , so he stretched out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb , and he put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:27, so the Hebrew word בְּהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ (behashbea) 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.14.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.27.W3.S1) and character.