1 Samuel 14:39:31 Sam.14.39.W3TAB
הַמּוֹשִׁ֙יעַ֙
hamoshia
“the one saving”
- Transliteration
- ha-mo-SHI-a
- Extended
- hah-moh-SHEE-ah
- IPA
- /ham.moˈʃiː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one saving
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ha-mo-SHI-a
- clause
KI KHAI-ye-ho-VAH ha-mo-SHI-a ET-yis-ra-EL KI IM-ye-SHE-no be-yo-na-TAN be-NI KI MOT ya-MUT
- sentence
KI KHAI-ye-ho-VAH ha-mo-SHI-a ET-yis-ra-EL KI IM-ye-SHE-no be-yo-na-TAN be-NI KI MOT ya-MUT ve-EN o-NE-hu mi-KOL-ha-AM
Exegesis
This is followed by the Hiphil participle ha-moshi’a {הַמּוֹשִׁיעַ | ham·mō·šî·aʿ} ‘the one who saves’, which functions as an emphatic divine title grounded in the deliverance of Israel.
Root and etymology
y-š-ʿYod, Shin, Ayin
“to save, deliver”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:39
For as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if the guilt is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But none of all the people answered him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:39, so the Hebrew word הַמּוֹשִׁ֙יעַ֙ (hamoshia) 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.14.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.39.W3.S1) and character.