1 Samuel 14:34:161 Sam.14.34.W16TAB
וְלֹֽא־תֶחֶטְא֥וּ
velotekheteu
“and do not you sin”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u
- Extended
- veh-LOH-teh-kheh-TEH-oo
- IPA
- /vəloː.θɛħ.ˈtʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and do not you sin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH
- 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
The negative clause wəlō teḥeṭû la–Yəhōwāh {וְלֹא־תֶחֶטְאוּ לַיהוָה | wəlō teḥeṭû la–Yəhōwāh} emphasizes sin as an offense against the divine person.
Root and etymology
chet-tet-alephchet–tet–aleph
“to miss, to sin”
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 14:34:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 14:34, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־תֶחֶטְא֥וּ (velotekheteu) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.34.W16.S1) and character.