1 Samuel 16:11:41 Sam.16.11.W4TAB
הֲתַ֣מּוּ
hatammu
“are they finished”
- Transliteration
- ha-tam-MU
- Extended
- hah-tahm-MOO
- IPA
- /hătamˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- are they finished
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-tam-MU
- phraseyour reading level
ha-tam-MU han-ne-a-RIM
- 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 interrogative hattammū hanəʿārîm {הֲתַמּוּ הַנְּעָרִים | hattammū hanəʿārîm} uses a Qal perfect to ask about completion.
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 16:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 16:11, so the Hebrew word הֲתַ֣מּוּ (hatammu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.11.W4.S1) and character.