1 Samuel 15:3:51 Sam.15.3.W5TAB
וְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙
vehakharamtem
“and devote to destruction”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-kha-ram-TEM
- Extended
- veh-hah-khah-rahm-TEM
- IPA
- /vəhăħraˈmtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-kha-ram-TEM
- clause
a-TAH LEKH ve-hi-KI-tah et-a-ma-LEK ve-ha-kha-ram-TEM et-kol-a-SHER-lo ve-LO takh-MOL a-LAV
- sentence
a-TAH LEKH ve-hi-KI-tah et-a-ma-LEK ve-ha-kha-ram-TEM et-kol-a-SHER-lo ve-LO takh-MOL a-LAV ve-he-MA-ta me-ISH ad-i-SHA me-o-LEL ve-ad-yo-NEK mi-SHOR ve-ad-SE mi-ga-MAL ve-ad-kha-MOR
Exegesis
The imperative lekh {לֵ֨ךְ | lēḵ} ‘go’ with vav consecutive leads into a series of jussive commands, beginning with a parallel structure of vehikitah {וְהִכִּיתָ֜ה | wə-hik-ki-tā} ‘and you shall strike’ and vehacharamtem {וְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ | wə-hă-ḥă-răm-tĕm} ‘and you shall utterly destroy’, intensifying the military imperative.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that belongs to him and do not spare him; put to death from man to woman, from infant to nursing child, from ox to sheep, from camel to donkey.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 15:3, so the Hebrew word וְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ (vehakharamtem) 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.15.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.3.W5.S1) and character.