1 Samuel 15:6:91 Sam.15.6.W9TAB
פֶּן־אֹֽסִפְךָ֙
penohsifkha
“lest I sweep you away”
- Transliteration
- pen-oh-SIF-kha
- Extended
- pehn-oh-SIF-khah
- IPA
- /pɛn.ʔoːˈsifxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest I sweep you away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pen-oh-SIF-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-ha-KEI-ni le-KHU su-RU re-DU mi-TOKH a-ma-le-KI pen-oh-SIF-kha i-MO ve-a-TA a-SI-ta KHE-sed im-kol-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ba-a-lo-TAM mi-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-ha-KEI-ni le-KHU su-RU re-DU mi-TOKH a-ma-le-KI pen-oh-SIF-kha i-MO ve-a-TA a-SI-ta KHE-sed im-kol-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ba-a-lo-TAM mi-mits-RA-yim va-ya-SAR kei-NI mi-TOKH a-ma-LEK
Exegesis
The conjunction pen {פֶּן | pen} ‘lest’ heads a negative purpose clause, expanded in pen-ʾōsîp·kā {פֶּן־אֹֽסִפְךָ֙ | pen-ʾōsîp·kā} ‘lest I gather you’, where the Qal imperfect first person singular with second person masculine singular suffix conveys threatened inclusion.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:6
And Saul said to the Kenite , “Go, turn aside, depart from among the Amalekites, lest I gather you with him; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenite departed from among the Amalekites.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 15:6, so the Hebrew word פֶּן־אֹֽסִפְךָ֙ (penohsifkha) 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.15.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.6.W9.S1) and character.