1 Samuel 15:12:51 Sam.15.12.W5TAB
בַּבֹּ֑קֶר
baboker
“in the morning”
- Transliteration
- ba-BO-ker
- Extended
- bah-BOH-kehr
- IPA
- /babˈboːqɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the morning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-BO-ker
- clause
va-yash-KEM she-mu-EL lik-RAT sha-UL ba-BO-ker
- sentence
va-yash-KEM she-mu-EL lik-RAT sha-UL ba-BO-ker va-yug-GAD lish-mu-EL le-MOR BA-sha-UL ha-kar-me-LA ve-hin-NE ma-TSIV LO YAD va-yis-SOV va-ya-a-VOR va-ye-RED ha-gil-GAL
Exegesis
The temporal prepositional phrase ba-boker {בַּבֹּ֑קֶר | ba-bōqer} ‘in the morning’ situates the action.
Root and etymology
b-q-rbet–qof–resh
“cattle, herd”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:12
And Samuel arose early to meet Saul in the morning, and it was told to Samuel, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he is erecting a monument for himself.” Then he turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 15:12, so the Hebrew word בַּבֹּ֑קֶר (baboker) 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.15.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.12.W5.S1) and character.