1 Samuel 15:9:61 Sam.15.9.W6TAB

הַצֹּאן֩

hatson

the flock

Transliteration
ha-TSON
Extended
hah-TSOHN
IPA
/hatːsˤoːn/

Meaning by language

English
the flock

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Result
הַ + צֹּאן֩
ha + tson
hatson

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-TSON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-al-mei-TAV ha-TSON ve-ha-ba-KAR ve-ha-mish-NEEM ve-al-ha-ka-RIM

  3. clause

    va-yakh-MOL sha-UL ve-ha-AM al-a-GAG ve-al-mei-TAV ha-TSON ve-ha-ba-KAR ve-ha-mish-NEEM ve-al-ha-ka-RIM ve-al-kol-ha-TOV ve-LO a-VU ha-kha-ri-MAM

  4. sentence

    va-yakh-MOL sha-UL ve-ha-AM al-a-GAG ve-al-mei-TAV ha-TSON ve-ha-ba-KAR ve-ha-mish-NEEM ve-al-ha-ka-RIM ve-al-kol-ha-TOV ve-LO a-VU ha-kha-ri-MAM ve-khol-ha-me-la-KHA ne-miv-ZA ve-na-MES o-TAH he-khe-ri-MU

Root and etymology

ṣ-w-ntsade–vav–nun

sheep, flock

In context1 Samuel 15:9

Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the cattle, the choice animals, the lambs, and all that was good; they were unwilling to devote them to utter destruction, but they utterly destroyed all the property that was despised .

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 15:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 15:9, so the Hebrew word הַצֹּאן֩ (hatson) 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.15.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.9.W6.S1) and character.