1 Samuel 16:15:71 Sam.16.15.W7TAB
מְבַעִתֶּֽךָ׃
mevaittekha
“is terrifying you”
- Transliteration
- me-va-it-TE-kha
- Extended
- meh-vah-ihT-TEH-khaa
- IPA
- /məvaʕitˈtɛxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is terrifying you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-va-it-TE-kha
- 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 Piel participle mevaʼittekha {מְבַעִתֶּֽךָ | məḇaʿittěḵā} ‘terrifying you’ emphasizes ongoing divine action towards Saul. The Hebrew word order and morphology convey abruptness and severity, which the English rendering preserves by maintaining emphatic particles and participial aspect.
Root and etymology
RootBet–Ayin–Tav
“to terrify, startle”
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 16:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 16:15, so the Hebrew word מְבַעִתֶּֽךָ׃ (mevaittekha) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.15.W7.S1) and character.