1 Samuel 16:15:41 Sam.16.15.W4TAB
הִנֵּה־נָ֧א
hinnena
“behold, please”
- Transliteration
- hin-NE-na
- Extended
- hihn-NEH-naa
- IPA
- /hinˈneː.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- behold, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
hin-NE-na
- phraseyour reading level
hin-NE-na RU-akh-e-lo-HIM
- clause
hin-NE-na RU-akh-e-lo-HIM ra-A me-va-it-TE-kha
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru av-DE-SHA-ul e-LAV hin-NE-na RU-akh-e-lo-HIM ra-A me-va-it-TE-kha
Exegesis
The interjection hineh-na {הִנֵּה־נָּא | hinnē-nāʼ} ‘behold now’ functions as an attention-getter.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:15
And the servants of Saul said to him, “Behold, now an evil spirit from God is terrifying you.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 16:15, so the Hebrew word הִנֵּה־נָ֧א (hinnena) 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.16.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.15.W4.S1) and character.