1 Samuel 14:6:91 Sam.14.6.W9TAB
הָעֲרֵלִ֣ים
haarelim
“the uncircumcised {ones}”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-re-LIM
- Extended
- haa-ah-reh-LEEM
- IPA
- /haː.ʕăreːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the uncircumcised {ones}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-a-re-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-a-re-LIM ha-E-le
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-na-TAN el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ve-RA el-mat-TSAV ha-a-re-LIM ha-E-le u-LAI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH LA-nu
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-na-TAN el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ve-RA el-mat-TSAV ha-a-re-LIM ha-E-le u-LAI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH LA-nu KI EN la-ye-ho-VAH ma-e-TSOR le-ho-shi-A be-RAV O vim-e-AT
Exegesis
The phrase el maẓzāv hāʿărēlîm hāʾēlleh {אֶל־מַצַּב֙ הָעֲרֵלִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה | el maẓzāv hāʿărēlîm hāʾēlleh} situates the action at the Philistine outpost, using “uncircumcised ones” to mark covenantal otherness.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:6
And Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work for us, for no restraint can prevent Him from saving by many or by few.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 14:6, so the Hebrew word הָעֲרֵלִ֣ים (haarelim) 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.14.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.6.W9.S1) and character.