1 Samuel 15:5:61 Sam.15.5.W6TAB
בַּנָּֽחַל׃
banaakhal
“in the valley”
- Transliteration
- ba-NAA-khal
- Extended
- bah-NAA-khahl
- IPA
- /banˈnaːħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the valley
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-NAA-khal
- clause
va-ya-REV ba-NAA-khal
- 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.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–ḥet–lamed
“wadi, stream, valley”
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 15:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 15:5, so the Hebrew word בַּנָּֽחַל׃ (banaakhal) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.5.W6.S1) and character.