1 Samuel 14:30:11 Sam.14.30.W1TAB
אַ֗ף
af
“even”
- Transliteration
- AF
- Extended
- AHF
- IPA
- /ʔaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- even
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
AF
- clause
AF KI LU a-KHOL a-KHAL ha-YOM ha-AM mish-le-LAL o-ye-VAV a-SHER ma-TSA
- sentence
AF KI LU a-KHOL a-KHAL ha-YOM ha-AM mish-le-LAL o-ye-VAV a-SHER ma-TSA KI a-TA lo-RA-ve-ta ma-KA ba-pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with af {אַף | ʾap̄} ‘indeed’ as an adversative intensifier.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:30
Indeed, if only the people had eaten today from the plunder of their enemies that they had found, then the slaughter of the Philistines would not have been so small and would have been much greater.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 14:30, so the Hebrew word אַ֗ף (af) 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.14.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.30.W1.S1) and character.