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

Result
בְּ + הַשְׁ + בִּ֣י + עַ
be + hash + be + a
behashbea

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-hash-be-A

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-hash-be-A a-VIV

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.