1 Samuel 15:4:51 Sam.15.4.W5TAB
בַּטְּלָאִ֔ים
batelaim
“in Telaim”
- Transliteration
- ba-te-la-IM
- Extended
- bah-teh-laa-EEM
- IPA
- /bat.təlaːˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Telaim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-te-la-IM
- clause
va-yish-MA sha-UL ET-ha-AM va-yif-ke-DEM ba-te-la-IM ma-a-TA-yim E-lef rag-LI
- sentence
va-yish-MA sha-UL ET-ha-AM va-yif-ke-DEM ba-te-la-IM ma-a-TA-yim E-lef rag-LI va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ET-ISH ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bā-Telaʾim {בַּטְּלָאִ֔ים | bā-ṭəlāʼîm} locates the action.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:4
And Saul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 15:4, so the Hebrew word בַּטְּלָאִ֔ים (batelaim) 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.15.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.4.W5.S1) and character.