1 Samuel 16:18:81 Sam.16.18.W8TAB
לְיִשַׁי֮
leyishai
“Jesse”
- Transliteration
- le-yi-SHAI
- Extended
- leh-yee-SHAI
- IPA
- /ləjiˈʃaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jesse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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- word
le-yi-SHAI
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BEN le-yi-SHAI
- 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
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 16:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 16:18, so the Hebrew word לְיִשַׁי֮ (leyishai) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.18.W8.S1) and character.