1 Samuel 15:14:81 Sam.15.14.W8TAB
הַבָּקָ֔ר
habakar
“the cattle”
- Transliteration
- ha-ba-KAR
- Extended
- hah-bah-KAAR
- IPA
- /habbaˈqaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the cattle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ba-KAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KOL ha-ba-KAR
- clause
ve-KOL ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-no-KHI sho-ME-a
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL u-ME kol-ha-TSON ha-ZE be-oz-NAI ve-KOL ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-no-KHI sho-ME-a
Exegesis
Two parallel nominal clauses—qol ha-tson ha-zeh be-oznai {קוֹל-הַצֹּאן הַזֶּה בְּאָזְנָי | qōl ha-ṣōʾān ha-zēh bə-ʾōzānāy} and ve-qol ha-bakar asher anokhi shomea {וְקוֹל הַבָּקָר אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי שֹׁמֵעַ | wə-qōl ha-bā-qār ʾă-šer ʾā-nō-ḵî šō-mē-ʿā} employ the noun qol {קוֹל | qōl} in both clauses to create rhetorical symmetry.
Root and etymology
b-q-rbet–qof–resh
“cattle, herd”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:14
Samuel said, “What then is this sound of the flock in my ears, and the sound of the cattle that I am hearing?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 15:14, so the Hebrew word הַבָּקָ֔ר (habakar) 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.15.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.14.W8.S1) and character.