1 Samuel 14:34:131 Sam.14.34.W13TAB
וּשְׁחַטְתֶּ֤ם
ushekhattem
“and you shall slaughter”
- Transliteration
- u-she-khat-TEM
- Extended
- oo-sheh-khah t-TEM
- IPA
- /uːʃ.ħatˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall slaughter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-she-khat-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM va-ya-gi-SHU khol-ha-AM ISH sho-RO be-ya-DO ha-LAI-la va-yish-kha-TU-sham
Exegesis
A chain of vav-consecutive perfect verbs (vaʼămartem {וַאֲמַרְתֶּם | vaʼămartem}, ušəḥaṭtem {וּשְׁחַטְתֶּם | ušəḥaṭtem}, vaʼăḥaltem {וַאֲכַלְתֶּם | vaʼăḥaltem}) creates a brisk, consecutive command structure.
Root and etymology
ש־ח־ט
“to slaughter”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:34
And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Each man bring his ox and each man his sheep to me; slaughter them here and eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating blood .’” So all the people, each with his ox in hand, brought it that night and slaughtered it there.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:34:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 14:34, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁחַטְתֶּ֤ם (ushekhattem) 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.14.34.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.34.W13.S1) and character.