1 Samuel 15:35:111 Sam.15.35.W11TAB
נִחָ֔ם
nikham
“regretted”
- Transliteration
- ni-KHAM
- Extended
- nih-KHAAM
- IPA
- /niˈħaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- regretted
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ni-KHAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-ho-VAH ni-KHAM
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH ni-KHAM ki-him-LIKH ET-sha-UL al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-LO-ya-SAF she-mu-EL lir-OT ET-sha-UL ad-YOM mo-TO ki-hit-ab-BEL she-mu-EL el-sha-UL va-ye-ho-VAH ni-KHAM ki-him-LIKH ET-sha-UL al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
In the final clause the coordinate vav before YHWH {וַיהוָ֣ה | way-yəhōwāh} shifts narrative focus, and nikham {נִחָ֔ם | nîḥām} ‘was grieved’ in the Niphal perfect conveys divine sorrow, again introduced by ki {כִּי־ | kî} as a causal connector before the Hiphil verb himlikh {הִמְלִ֥יךְ | himlîḵ} ‘he made king’.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-m
“to regret, be sorry”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:35
And Samuel did not continue to see Saul again until the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul. The LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:35:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 15:35, so the Hebrew word נִחָ֔ם (nikham) 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.15.35.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.35.W11.S1) and character.