1 Samuel 16:21:91 Sam.16.21.W9TAB
נֹשֵׂ֥א
nose
“a bearer”
- Transliteration
- no-SE
- Extended
- noh-SEE
- IPA
- /noːˈseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a bearer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
no-SE
- phraseyour reading level
no-SE khe-LIM
- clause
va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu me-OD va-ye-HI-lo no-SE khe-LIM
- sentence
va-VA da-VID el-sha-UL va-ya-a-MOD le-fa-NAI-v va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu me-OD va-ye-HI-lo no-SE khe-LIM
Exegesis
The participle nose {נֹשֵׂא | nō·sê’} with kelim {כֵלִים | kē·lîm} yields ‘carrier of weapons,’ signifying the official role of armor-bearer.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–shin–aleph
“to lift; to bear”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:21
And David came to Saul, and he stood before him; and Saul loved him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 16:21, so the Hebrew word נֹשֵׂ֥א (nose) 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.16.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.21.W9.S1) and character.