1 Samuel 14:4:121 Sam.14.4.W12TAB
וְשֵׁן־הַסֶּ֥לַע
veshenhassela
“and a tooth of the rock, a crag”
- Transliteration
- ve-shen-has-SE-la
- Extended
- veh-sheen-hahs-SEH-lah
- IPA
- /vəʃeːn.hasˈsɛlaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a tooth of the rock, a crag
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shen-has-SE-la
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shen-has-SE-la me-ha-E-ver
- clause
u-VEIN ham-ma-VE-rot a-SHER bik-KESH yo-na-TAN la-a-VOR al-ma-TSAV pe-lish-TIM shen-has-SE-la me-ha-E-ver miz-ZE ve-shen-has-SE-la me-ha-E-ver miz-ZE
- sentence
u-VEIN ham-ma-VE-rot a-SHER bik-KESH yo-na-TAN la-a-VOR al-ma-TSAV pe-lish-TIM shen-has-SE-la me-ha-E-ver miz-ZE ve-shen-has-SE-la me-ha-E-ver miz-ZE ve-SHEM ha-e-KHAD bo-TSETS ve-SHEM ha-e-KHAD SE-ne
Exegesis
The narrative then describes the landmark shen-hasela‘ {שֵׁן־הַסֶּ֤לַע | šēn-ha-sě-lā‘} ‘tooth of the rock’ followed by the prepositional phrase meha‘ever mizzeh {מֵהָעֵ֙בֶר֙ מִזֶּ֔ה | mē-hā-‘ē-ver miz-zeh} ‘from this side’; this phrase is repeated with the conjunction ve preceding the parallel shen-hasela‘ meha‘ever mizzeh.
Root and etymology
ש־נ־נ
“tooth, sharp point”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:4
And between the passes that Jonathan sought to cross to the Philistine outpost, there was a rock promontory on one side and another on the other; the one was called Bozez, and the other was called Seneh.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 14:4, so the Hebrew word וְשֵׁן־הַסֶּ֥לַע (veshenhassela) 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.14.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.4.W12.S1) and character.