1 Samuel 14:28:101 Sam.14.28.W10TAB
אָר֥וּר
arur
“cursed”
- Transliteration
- a-RUR
- Extended
- aa-ROOR
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈruːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- cursed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-RUR
- phraseyour reading level
a-RUR ha-ISH
- clause
va-ya-AN ISH me-ha-AM va-yo-MER hash-be-A hish-bi-A a-VI-kha ET-ha-AM le-MOR a-RUR ha-ISH a-sher-yo-KHAL LE-khem ha-YOM
- sentence
va-ya-AN ISH me-ha-AM va-yo-MER hash-be-A hish-bi-A a-VI-kha ET-ha-AM le-MOR a-RUR ha-ISH a-sher-yo-KHAL LE-khem ha-YOM va-ya-AF ha-AM
Exegesis
The embedded curse formula combines ’ārūr {אָר֥וּר | ’ārūr} ‘cursed’ with ’ăšer-yōkhal {אֲשֶׁר־יֹ֥אכַל | ’ăšer-yōkhal} ‘who eats’, forming a strict conditional prohibition.
Root and etymology
א־ר־ר
“to curse”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:28
Then a man from the people answered and said, “Your father made the people solemnly swear, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats bread today.’” And the people became faint.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:28:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 14:28, so the Hebrew word אָר֥וּר (arur) 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.14.28.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.28.W10.S1) and character.