1 Samuel 14:44:31 Sam.14.44.W3TAB
כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה
koyaase
“thus may he do”
- Transliteration
- ko-ya-a-SE
- Extended
- koh-yah-ah-SEH
- IPA
- /koː.ja.ʕaːˈsɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- thus may he do
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ko-ya-a-SE
- phraseyour reading level
ko-ya-a-SE e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL ko-ya-a-SE e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL ko-ya-a-SE e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF ki-MOT ta-MUT yo-na-TAN
Exegesis
The parallel structure koh ya‘ăśeh ʾĕlōhîm wə-kôh yôsîp̄ {כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑ף | kôh ya‘ăśeh ʾĕlōhîm wə-kôh yôsîp̄} uses repeated koh {כֹּה | kôh} ‘thus’ to frame two divine invocations.
Root and etymology
ע־שׁ־ה
“do, make”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:44
And Saul said, “Thus may God do and thus may He add, for you shall die , Jonathan.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:44:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:44, so the Hebrew word כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה (koyaase) 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.14.44.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.44.W3.S1) and character.