1 Samuel 16:19:61 Sam.16.19.W6TAB
שִׁלְחָ֥ה
shilkha
“send”
- Transliteration
- shil-KHA
- Extended
- shihl-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʃilˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- send
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shil-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
shil-KHA e-LAI
- clause
va-yo-MER shil-KHA e-LAI et-da-VID bin-KHA a-SHER ba-TSON
- 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
Within that speech, the imperative šilḥāh {שִׁלְחָה | šilḥāh} ‘send’ appears with the beneficiary phrase ʾēlāy {אֵלַי | ʾēlāy} ‘to me’.
Root and etymology
sh-l-ḥ
“to send, dispatch”
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 16:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 16:19, so the Hebrew word שִׁלְחָ֥ה (shilkha) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.19.W6.S1) and character.