1 Samuel 14:35:71 Sam.14.35.W7TAB
לִבְנ֥וֹת
livnot
“to build”
- Transliteration
- liv-NOT
- Extended
- lihv-NOHT
- IPA
- /livˈnoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to build
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
liv-NOT
- phraseyour reading level
liv-NOT miz-BE-akh
- clause
o-TO he-KHEL liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yi-VEN sha-UL miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH o-TO he-KHEL liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verb hechel {הֵחֵ֔ל | hē·ḥêl} ‘he began’ introduces a new action, with the infinitive construct livnot {לִבְנ֥וֹת | li·v·nōṯ} ‘to build’ indicating purpose and incomplete aspect. The repetition of mizbeach laYHWH forms an inclusio that underlines the primacy of this cultic act. The lamed preposition conveys directionality, rendered in English by ‘to’ in the formal and ‘for’ in the dynamic reconstructions. Together, these elements emphasize the inaugural nature of Saul’s altar-building initiative.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:35
And Saul built an altar to the LORD ; it was the first altar that he began to build to the LORD.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:35:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 14:35, so the Hebrew word לִבְנ֥וֹת (livnot) 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.14.35.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.35.W7.S1) and character.