1 Samuel 14:46:51 Sam.14.46.W5TAB
וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים
ufelishtim
“and the Philistines”
- Transliteration
- u-fe-lish-TIM
- Extended
- oo-feh-lish-TEEM
- IPA
- /u.fə.liʃˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the Philistines
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-fe-lish-TIM
- clause
u-fe-lish-TIM hal-KHU lim-ko-MAM
- sentence
va-YA-al sha-UL me-a-kha-re pe-lish-TIM u-fe-lish-TIM hal-KHU lim-ko-MAM
Exegesis
The coordinated subject u-Pelishtim {וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | wə-pəlîštîm} ‘and the Philistines’ precedes the Qal perfect verb halaku {הָלְכוּ | hālakû} ‘they went’, which with the construct phrase li-meqomam {לִמְקוֹמָֽם | lə-məqōmmām} ‘to their place’ conveys their return to a former location. This Hebrew VSO structure naturally becomes SVO in English, preserving chronological progression.
Root and etymology
Rootp-l-sh
“to invade”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:46
Then Saul withdrew from following the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:46:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 14:46, so the Hebrew word וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (ufelishtim) 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.14.46.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.46.W5.S1) and character.