1 Samuel 14:46:61 Sam.14.46.W6TAB
הָלְכ֥וּ
halkhu
“went”
- Transliteration
- hal-KHU
- Extended
- haal-KHOO
- IPA
- /hɔlˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- went
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
hal-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
hal-KHU lim-ko-MAM
- 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.
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 14:46:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 14:46, so the Hebrew word הָלְכ֥וּ (halkhu) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.46.W6.S1) and character.