1 Samuel 14:40:121 Sam.14.40.W12TAB
אֶחָ֑ד
ekhad
“one”
- Transliteration
- e-KHAD
- Extended
- eh-KHAAD
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈħaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-KHAD
- phraseyour reading level
le-E-ver e-KHAD
- clause
va-YO-mer el-KAL-yis-ra-EL a-TEM ti-he-YU le-E-ver e-KHAD va-a-NI ve-yo-na-TAN be-NI nih-ye-HE le-E-ver e-KHAD
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-KAL-yis-ra-EL a-TEM ti-he-YU le-E-ver e-KHAD va-a-NI ve-yo-na-TAN be-NI nih-ye-HE le-E-ver e-KHAD va-yom-RE-U ha-AM el-sha-UL ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SE
Exegesis
It employs the Qal imperfect forms atem tihyu {אַתֶּם תִּֽהְיוּ | ʾattēm tihyû} ‘you will be’ and nihyeh {נִהְיֶ֖ה | nihyēh} ‘we will be’ to establish two parallel address groups, each linked to leʿēḇēr ʾeḥāḏ {לְעֵ֣בֶר אֶחָד | ləʿēḇēr ʾeḥāḏ} ‘to one side’, creating structural symmetry.
Root and etymology
א־ח־ד
“one”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:40
And he said to all Israel, “You will be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” And the people said to Saul, “Do the good in your eyes; do it.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:40:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 14:40, so the Hebrew word אֶחָ֑ד (ekhad) 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.14.40.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.40.W12.S1) and character.