1 Samuel 14:36:71 Sam.14.36.W7TAB
וְֽנָבֹ֥זָה
venavoza
“and let us plunder”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-VO-za
- Extended
- veh-naa-VOH-zah
- IPA
- /vənɑːˈvoː.zaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and let us plunder
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-na-VO-za
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-VO-za va-HEM ad-OR ha-BO-ker
- 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
Saul then issues cohortative commands, nerdeh {נֵרְדָ֣ה | nēr-dāh} ‘let us go down’ and venāḇōzah {וְֽנָבֹ֥זָה | wə-nā-ḇō-zāh} ‘let us plunder,’ expressing collective strategic intent.
Root and etymology
b-z-hbet–zayin–he
“to plunder”
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 14:36:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 14:36, so the Hebrew word וְֽנָבֹ֥זָה (venavoza) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.36.W7.S1) and character.