1 Samuel 15:25:71 Sam.15.25.W7TAB
וְאֶֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה
veheshtakhaveh
“bow down”
- Transliteration
- veh-esh-ta-kha-VEH
- Extended
- veh-ehsh-tah-khah-VEH
- IPA
- /vəʔeʃ.taħ.ăˈvɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- bow down
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-esh-ta-kha-VEH
- clause
veh-SHUV i-MI veh-esh-ta-kha-VEH la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-a-TA SA NA et-kha-TA-ti veh-SHUV i-MI veh-esh-ta-kha-VEH la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The conjunction wə-šûḇ {וְשׁוּב | wə-šûḇ} ‘and return’ extends the appeal, followed by the cohortative Hithpael wə-’eštahăvēh {וְאֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה | wə-’eštahă-vêh} ‘and let me bow down’, expressing intended worship.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–vav–heh
“to bow down in reverence”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:25
And now, please forgive my sin, and return with me, so that I may bow down to the LORD .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 15:25, so the Hebrew word וְאֶֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה (veheshtakhaveh) 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.15.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.25.W7.S1) and character.