1 Samuel 15:35:71 Sam.15.35.W7TAB
כִּֽי־הִתְאַבֵּ֥ל
kihitabbel
“mourned for”
- Transliteration
- ki-hit-ab-BEL
- Extended
- kih-hit-ahb-BEHL
- IPA
- /kiː.hit.ʔabˈbeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- mourned for
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-hit-ab-BEL
- phraseyour reading level
ki-hit-ab-BEL she-mu-EL
- clause
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
- 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
The conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} introduces the causal clause: hitabbel {הִתְאַבֵּ֥ל | hitʾabbēl} ‘mourned’ in the Hitpael stem expresses intense personal lament.
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
’b-l
“to mourn, lament”
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 15:35:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 15:35, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־הִתְאַבֵּ֥ל (kihitabbel) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.35.W7.S1) and character.