1 Samuel 15:11:51 Sam.15.11.W5TAB
כִּֽי־שָׁב֙
keeshav
“for he turned back”
- Transliteration
- kee-SHAV
- Extended
- kee-SHAAV
- IPA
- /kiː.ʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- for he turned back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kee-SHAV
- 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 clause kî šāḇ mē·ʾaḥă·rāy {כִּֽי־שָׁב מֵאַֽחֲרַ֔י | kî šāḇ me·ʾă·ḥă·rāy} denotes apostasy “turned back from after me.”
Root and etymology
ש־ו־בš-v-b
“to turn back, return”
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 15:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 15:11, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־שָׁב֙ (keeshav) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.11.W5.S1) and character.