1 Samuel 15:33:41 Sam.15.33.W4TAB
שִׁכְּלָ֤ה
shikela
“made childless”
- Transliteration
- shi-ke-LA
- Extended
- shih-keh-LAA
- IPA
- /ʃikːəˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- made childless
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shi-ke-LA
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER shi-ke-LA na-SHIM
- clause
va-yoh-MER she-moo-EL ka-a-SHER shi-ke-LA na-SHIM khar-BE-kha KEN-tish-KAL min-na-SHIM i-ME-kha
- sentence
va-yoh-MER she-moo-EL ka-a-SHER shi-ke-LA na-SHIM khar-BE-kha KEN-tish-KAL min-na-SHIM i-ME-kha va-ye-sha-SEF she-moo-EL et-a-GAG lif-NE ye-ho-VAH ba-gil-GAL
Exegesis
The Piel perfect šiklāh {שִׁכְּלָה | šiklāh} conveys agentive causation by the sword ḥarbəḵā {חַרְבְּךָ | ḥarbəḵā}, while the Qal imperfect tiškāl {תִּשְׁכַּל | tiškāl} places the result in the future with reference to Agag’s mother.
Root and etymology
š-k-lshin–kaph–lamed
“to bereave, cause childlessness”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:33
And Samuel said, “Just as your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:33:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 15:33, so the Hebrew word שִׁכְּלָ֤ה (shikela) 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.15.33.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.33.W4.S1) and character.