1 Samuel 14:48:21 Sam.14.48.W2TAB
חַ֔יִל
khayil
“valor”
- Transliteration
- kha-YIL
- Extended
- khah-YIHL
- IPA
- /ħaˈjil/
Meaning by language
- English
- valor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-YIL
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS kha-YIL
- clause
va-ya-AS kha-YIL va-YAKH ET-a-ma-LEK
- sentence
va-ya-AS kha-YIL va-YAKH ET-a-ma-LEK va-yats-TSEL ET-yis-ra-EL mi-YAD sho-SE-hu
Exegesis
The verb vayya'as {וַיַּ֣עַשׂ | wayyā’ăś} ‘and he did’ with ḥayil {חַ֔יִל | ḥayîl} ‘strength’ foregrounds martial prowess.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-lChet–Yod–Lamed
“strength, valor”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:48
And he displayed military valor and struck the Amalekites, and he delivered Israel from the hand of the plunderer .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:48:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 14:48, so the Hebrew word חַ֔יִל (khayil) 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.14.48.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.48.W2.S1) and character.