1 Samuel 16:11:121 Sam.16.11.W12TAB
בַּצֹּ֑אן
batstson
“the flock”
- Transliteration
- bats-TSO-n
- Extended
- bahts-TSOH-n
- IPA
- /batsˈtsɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the flock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
bats-TSO-n
- clause
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI ha-tam-MU han-ne-a-RIM va-YO-mer OD sha-AR hak-ka-TAN ve-hin-NE ro-E bats-TSO-n
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI ha-tam-MU han-ne-a-RIM va-YO-mer OD sha-AR hak-ka-TAN ve-hin-NE ro-E bats-TSO-n va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI shil-KHA ve-ka-KHE-nu KI lo-na-SOV ad-bo-O PO
Exegesis
The participial clause wəhinnēh rōʿēh baṣṣōʾn {וְהִנֵּה רֹעֶה בַּצֹּאן | wəhinnēh rōʿēh baṣṣōʾn} shifts into narrative description.
Root and etymology
ṣ-ʾ-nṣade–aleph–nun
“flock”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:11
And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are the young men all here?” And he replied, “There remains still the youngest , and behold, he is tending the flock .” Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 16:11, so the Hebrew word בַּצֹּ֑אן (batstson) 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.16.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.11.W12.S1) and character.