1 Samuel 15:32:111 Sam.15.32.W11TAB
מַעֲדַנֹּ֑ת
maadanot
“cheerfully”
- Transliteration
- ma-a-da-NOT
- Extended
- mah-ah-dah-NOHT
- IPA
- /maʕădanˈnoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- cheerfully
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ma-a-da-NOT
- clause
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL ha-gi-SHU e-LAI et-a-GAG ME-lekh a-ma-LEK va-YE-lekh e-LAV a-GAG ma-a-da-NOT
- sentence
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL ha-gi-SHU e-LAI et-a-GAG ME-lekh a-ma-LEK va-YE-lekh e-LAV a-GAG ma-a-da-NOT va-yo-MER a-GAG a-KHEN SAR mar-ha-MA-vet
Exegesis
The adverb maʿădanōṯ {מַעֲדַנֹּת | maʿădanōṯ} ‘delicately’ signals Agag’s composed yet deceptive manner.
Root and etymology
ʿ-d-nayin–dalet–nun
“delight; dainty”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:32
And Samuel said, “Bring near to me Agag the king of Amalek.” And Agag came to him cheerfully , and Agag said, “Indeed, the bitterness of death has turned aside.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:32:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 15:32, so the Hebrew word מַעֲדַנֹּ֑ת (maadanot) 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.15.32.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.32.W11.S1) and character.