1 Samuel 14:36:111 Sam.14.36.W11TAB
וְלֹֽא־נַשְׁאֵ֤ר
velonasheer
“and let us not leave”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-na-she-ER
- Extended
- veh-LOH-nah-sheh-EER
- IPA
- /vəloː.naʃˈʔeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and let us not leave
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-na-she-ER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-na-she-ER ba-HEM
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL ner-e-DA a-kha-RE pe-lish-TIM LAI-la ve-na-VO-za va-HEM ad-OR ha-BO-ker ve-LO-na-she-ER ba-HEM ISH va-YO-mer-U kol-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SE
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL ner-e-DA a-kha-RE pe-lish-TIM LAI-la ve-na-VO-za va-HEM ad-OR ha-BO-ker ve-LO-na-she-ER ba-HEM ISH va-YO-mer-U kol-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SE va-YO-mer ha-ko-HEN nik-re-VA ha-LOM el-ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The negative cohortative wə-lō-nāšeʾêr {וְלֹֽא־נַשְׁאֵ֤ר | wə-lō-nā-šeʾêr} ‘and let us not leave’ enforces total victory.
Root and etymology
n-s-ʾnun–shin–aleph
“to bear, carry”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:36
And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light, and let us not leave among them a man.” And they said, “Do all that seems right to you.” Then the priest said, “Let us draw near here to God .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:36:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 14:36, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־נַשְׁאֵ֤ר (velonasheer) 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.14.36.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.36.W11.S1) and character.