1 Samuel 14:37:111 Sam.14.37.W11TAB
עָנָ֖הוּ
anahu
“he answered him”
- Transliteration
- a-NA-hu
- Extended
- aa-NAH-hoo
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈnaː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he answered him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-NA-hu
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO a-NA-hu
- clause
ve-LO a-NA-hu ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
va-yish-AL sha-UL be-lo-HIM ha-e-RED a-kha-RE pe-lish-TIM ha-tit-te-NEM be-YAD yis-ra-EL ve-LO a-NA-hu ba-YOM ha-HU
Exegesis
The perfect verb ’ā·nā·hū {עָנָ֖הוּ | ’ā·nā·hū} ‘he answered him,’ negated by wə·lō {וְלֹא | wə·lō} ‘and not,’ contrasts with the temporal expression ba·yōm ha·hû’ {בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא | ba·yōm ha·hû’} ‘on that day.’ In English, Hebrew VSO questions become SVO interrogatives, and the lack of response is signaled by “But.”
Root and etymology
עין־נון־ה
“to answer, respond”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:37
And Saul asked of God , “Shall I go down after the Philistines ? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But He did not answer him that day.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:37:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 14:37, so the Hebrew word עָנָ֖הוּ (anahu) 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.14.37.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.37.W11.S1) and character.