1 Samuel 15:21:51 Sam.15.21.W5TAB
וּבָקָ֖ר
uvakar
“and cattle”
- Transliteration
- u-va-KAR
- Extended
- oo-vah-KAAR
- IPA
- /uːvaˈqaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and cattle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-va-KAR
- phraseyour reading level
TSON u-va-KAR
- clause
va-yik-KAKH ha-AM meh-ha-sha-LAL TSON u-va-KAR re-SHIT ha-KHE-rem
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH ha-AM meh-ha-sha-LAL TSON u-va-KAR re-SHIT ha-KHE-rem liz-BO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-gil-GAL
Exegesis
The phrase mehaššalal {מֵהַשָּׁלָ֛ל | me-haš-šā-lāl} ‘from the spoil’ specifies the source of livestock ṣōn {צֹ֥אן | ṣōn} ‘sheep’ and ubāqār {וּבָקָ֖ר | u-bā-qār} ‘cattle.’
Root and etymology
b-q-rbet–qof–resh
“cattle, herd”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:21
The people took from the spoil, sheep and cattle—the first of what was devoted—to offer as a sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 15:21, so the Hebrew word וּבָקָ֖ר (uvakar) 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.15.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.21.W5.S1) and character.