1 Samuel 15:30:41 Sam.15.30.W4TAB

כַּבְּדֵ֥נִי

kabdeni

honor me

Transliteration
kab-de-NI
Extended
kahb-deh-NEE
IPA
/kab.deːˈniː/

Meaning by language

English
honor me

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כַּבְּ + דֵ֥ + נִי
kab + de + ni
kabdeni

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Daletd as in door
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    kab-de-NI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    kab-de-NI NA

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer kha-ta-TI a-TA kab-de-NI NA NE-ged zik-nee-ah-MEE ve-NE-ged yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer kha-ta-TI a-TA kab-de-NI NA NE-ged zik-nee-ah-MEE ve-NE-ged yis-ra-EL ve-SHUV im-MI ve-hish-ta-kha-WEI-ti la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha

Exegesis

The entreaty combines the imperative kabdeni {כַּבְּדֵנִי | kabdēnî} ‘honor-me’ with the particle na {נָא | nā’} ‘please’ for intensified urgency.

Root and etymology

כ-ב-ד

to be heavy, to honor

In context1 Samuel 15:30

And he said, “I have sinned. Now please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 15:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 15:30, so the Hebrew word כַּבְּדֵ֥נִי (kabdeni) 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.15.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.30.W4.S1) and character.