1 Samuel 14:4:181 Sam.14.4.W18TAB
וְשֵׁ֥ם
veshem
“and the name”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHEM
- Extended
- veh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /vəˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the name
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 | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-SHEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHEM ha-e-KHAD
- clause
ve-SHEM ha-e-KHAD bo-TSETS ve-SHEM ha-e-KHAD SE-ne
- 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
Finally, the clauses introduced by ve-shem {וְשֵׁ֤ם | wə-šēm} ‘and the name’ specify haechad Botsets {הָֽאֶחָד בּוֹצֵ֔ץ | hā-’ě-ḥăd Bō-ṣěts} and ve-shem haechad Seneh {וְשֵׁ֥ם הָאֶחָ֖ד סֶֽנֶּה | wə-šēm hā-’ě-ḥăd Se-ne-h} ‘the one Bozez’ and ‘the one Seneh’. The alternation between the relative clause and the listing of geographic features, along with the parallel phrasing, preserves the Hebrew narrative focus and symmetry in translation, while adapting the VSO order to natural English SVO.
Root and etymology
š-mshin–mem
“name”
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 14:4:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 14:4, so the Hebrew word וְשֵׁ֥ם (veshem) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.4.W18.S1) and character.