1 Samuel 16:10:91 Sam.16.10.W9TAB
אֶל־יִשַׁ֔י
elyishai
“to Jesse”
- Transliteration
- el-yi-SHAI
- Extended
- ehl-yih-SHAI
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jiˈʃaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Jesse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-yi-SHAI
- clause
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ba-EL-le
- sentence
va-ya-a-VER yi-SHAI shiv-AT ba-NAV lif-NE she-mu-EL va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ba-EL-le
In context — 1 Samuel 16:10
And Jesse caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 16:10, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יִשַׁ֔י (elyishai) 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.16.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.10.W9.S1) and character.