1 Samuel 15:11:11 Sam.15.11.W1TAB
נִחַ֗מְתִּי
nikhamtee
“I regret”
- Transliteration
- ni-KHAM-tee
- Extended
- nih-KHAHM-tee
- IPA
- /niˈħam.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I regret
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ni-KHAM-tee
- clause
ni-KHAM-tee kee-him-LAKH-tee et-sha-OOL le-ME-lekh kee-SHAV mee-ah-kha-RAI veh-et-de-va-RAI LO he-KIM
- sentence
ni-KHAM-tee kee-him-LAKH-tee et-sha-OOL le-ME-lekh kee-SHAV mee-ah-kha-RAI veh-et-de-va-RAI LO he-KIM va-yi-KHAR lish-mu-EL va-yiz-AK el-ye-ho-VAH kal-ha-LAI-la
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Niphal perfect verb nichamti {נִחַ֗מְתִּי | ni·ḥam·tî} ‘I was grieved’, which expresses divine remorse.
Root and etymology
נ־ח־םn-ḥ-m
“to regret, relent”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:11
I was grieved because I made Saul king and he has turned back from following Me and has not fulfilled My words . Samuel burned with anger, and he cried out to the LORD all that night.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 15:11, so the Hebrew word נִחַ֗מְתִּי (nikhamtee) 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.15.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.11.W1.S1) and character.