1 Samuel 15:5:31 Sam.15.5.W3TAB
עַד־עִ֣יר
adeer
“to the city of”
- Transliteration
- ad-EER
- Extended
- ahd-EEr
- IPA
- /ʕad.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the city of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-EER
- phraseyour reading level
ad-EER a-ma-LEK
- clause
va-ya-BO shaa-UL ad-EER a-ma-LEK
- sentence
va-ya-BO shaa-UL ad-EER a-ma-LEK va-ya-REV ba-NAA-khal
Exegesis
The construct ad-'îr {עַד־עִיר | 'ad-'îr} ‘up to the city’ defines the endpoint of movement, while the prepositional phrase ba-nā-ḥāl {בַּנָּחַל | ba-nā-ḥāl} ‘in the valley’ situates the ambush. English rendering shifts Hebrew VSO order into SVO for readability while preserving the sense of continuous military maneuver in rugged terrain.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:5
Saul came up to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 15:5, so the Hebrew word עַד־עִ֣יר (adeer) 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.15.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.5.W3.S1) and character.