1 Samuel 15:28:111 Sam.15.28.W11TAB
לְרֵעֲךָ֖
lereakha
“to your neighbor”
- Transliteration
- le-re-A-KHA
- Extended
- leh-reh-ah-KHAA
- IPA
- /ləreː.ʕăˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your neighbor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-re-A-KHA
- clause
u-ne-ta-NA le-re-A-KHA ha-TOV mim-me-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV she-mu-EL ka-RA ye-ho-VAH et-mam-le-KHUT yis-ra-EL me-le-KHA ha-YOM u-ne-ta-NA le-re-A-KHA ha-TOV mim-me-KHA
Exegesis
In the second clause, wə-nətānāh {וּנְתָנָהּ | wə-nətānāh} ‘and she gave it’ resumes narrative flow, with lə-rē’aḵā {לְרֵעֲךָ | lə-rē’aḵā} ‘to your neighbor’ specifying the recipient.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:28:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 15:28, so the Hebrew word לְרֵעֲךָ֖ (lereakha) 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.15.28.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.28.W11.S1) and character.