1 Samuel 15:18:61 Sam.15.18.W6TAB
וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֞ה
vehakharamta
“devote to destruction”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-kha-ram-TA
- Extended
- veh-ha-kha-ram-TAA
- IPA
- /və.ha.ħa.ramˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- devote to destruction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-kha-ram-TA
- phraseyour reading level
LEKH ve-ha-kha-ram-TA
- clause
va-yo-MER LEKH ve-ha-kha-ram-TA et-ha-kha-ta-IM et-a-ma-LEK ve-nil-kha-MA VO AD ka-lo-TAHM o-TAM
- sentence
va-yish-la-kha-KHA ye-ho-VAH be-DA-rekh va-yo-MER LEKH ve-ha-kha-ram-TA et-ha-kha-ta-IM et-a-ma-LEK ve-nil-kha-MA VO AD ka-lo-TAHM o-TAM
Exegesis
The hiphil perfect wə-ḥă-răm-tā {וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֞ | and you devoted to destruction} intensifies the command, targeting ha-ḥat-tā-ʼīm {הַחַטָּאִים | the sinners} and ʻAmā-lēḵ {עֲמָלֵק | Amalek} via the direct-object marker ʾet {אֶת־}.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:18
And the LORD sent you on a journey and said, “Go and utterly devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight them until you have completely finished them.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 15:18, so the Hebrew word וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֞ה (vehakharamta) 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.15.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.18.W6.S1) and character.