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

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Result
מַ + עֲ + דַ + נֹּ֑ת
ma + a + da + not
maadanot

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nunn as in new
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-a-da-NOT

  2. 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

  3. 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 context1 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.