1 Samuel 16:18:141 Sam.16.18.W14TAB
חַ֜יִל
khayil
“of valor”
- Transliteration
- kha-YIL
- Extended
- khah-YIHL
- IPA
- /ħaˈjil/
Meaning by language
- English
- of valor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
kha-YIL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-gib-BOR kha-YIL
- clause
va-ya-AN e-KHAD me-ha-ne-a-RIM va-yo-MER hi-NE ra-i-TI BEN le-yi-SHAI BET hal-lakh-MI yo-DE-a na-GEN ve-gib-BOR kha-YIL ve-ISH mil-kha-MA u-ne-VON da-VAR ve-ISH TO-AR
- sentence
va-ya-AN e-KHAD me-ha-ne-a-RIM va-yo-MER hi-NE ra-i-TI BEN le-yi-SHAI BET hal-lakh-MI yo-DE-a na-GEN ve-gib-BOR kha-YIL ve-ISH mil-kha-MA u-ne-VON da-VAR ve-ISH TO-AR va-ye-ho-VAH i-MO
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-y-l
“strength, wealth”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:18
And one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor , a man of war, prudent in speech, a comely person, and the LORD is with him.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:18:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 16:18, so the Hebrew word חַ֜יִל (khayil) 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.16.18.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.18.W14.S1) and character.