1 Samuel 16:18:61 Sam.16.18.W6TAB
רָאִ֜יתִי
raiti
“I have seen”
- Transliteration
- ra-i-TI
- Extended
- raa-ih-TIH
- IPA
- /raːˈʔiːti/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have seen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ra-i-TI
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NE ra-i-TI
- 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
Exegesis
The particle hinnē {הִנֵּה | hinnē} ‘behold’ focuses attention on the subsequent report, rā’îṯî {רָאִיתִי | rā’îṯî} ‘I have seen.’ A sequence of participial and construct nominal phrases—bēn lə-Yīšay bēt hallāḥmî ‘son of Jesse the Bethlehemite,’ yōdēa‘ naggēn ‘skillful in playing,’ wə-gibbôr ḥayîl ‘and mighty in valor,’ ū-nəvōn dāḇār ‘and discerning in speech,’ ’îš tô’ar ‘and comely in appearance’—are conjoined by vav, listing David’s qualifications in parallel.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–heh
“appearance, to see”
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 16:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 16:18, so the Hebrew word רָאִ֜יתִי (raiti) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.18.W6.S1) and character.