1 Samuel 15:20:171 Sam.15.20.W17TAB
הֶחֱרַֽמְתִּי׃
hekherameti
“I devoted to destruction”
- Transliteration
- he-khe-RAM-e-ti
- Extended
- heh-kheh-RAM-eh-tih
- IPA
- /hɛ.ħɛˈram.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I devoted to destruction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
he-khe-RAM-e-ti
- clause
va-a-VI et-a-GAG ME-lekh a-ma-LEK ve-et-a-ma-LEK he-khe-RAM-e-ti
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-she-mu-EL a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti be-KOL ye-ho-VAH va-e-LEKH ba-DE-rekh a-SHER-she-la-KHA-ni ye-ho-VAH va-a-VI et-a-GAG ME-lekh a-ma-LEK ve-et-a-ma-LEK he-khe-RAM-e-ti
Exegesis
The Hiphil perfect hecheramti {הֶחֱרַמְתִּי | he-ḥe-ram-tî} carries the technical sense of dedicating to destruction in a holy-war context. This tight sequence of ‘I obeyed,’ ‘I went,’ ‘I brought,’ ‘I destroyed’ highlights Saul’s assertion of complete obedience to divine authority.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:20
And Saul said to Samuel, “I fully obeyed the voice of the LORD and traveled the path on which the LORD sent me, and I brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and I utterly destroyed Amalek.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Samuel 15:20, so the Hebrew word הֶחֱרַֽמְתִּי׃ (hekherameti) 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.15.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.20.W17.S1) and character.