1 Samuel 16:19:41 Sam.16.19.W4TAB
אֶל־יִשָׁ֑י
elyishai
“to Jesse”
- Transliteration
- el-yi-SHAI
- Extended
- ehl-yih-SHAI
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jiˈʃaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Jesse
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-yi-SHAI
- clause
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-yi-SHAI
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-yi-SHAI va-yo-MER shil-KHA e-LAI et-da-VID bin-KHA a-SHER ba-TSON
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʾel-yīšay {אֶל־יִשָׁ֑י | ʾel-yīšay} ‘to Jesse’ marks the indirect object.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:19
Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send to me David your son, who is among the sheep .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 16:19, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יִשָׁ֑י (elyishai) 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.16.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.19.W4.S1) and character.