1 Samuel 16:6:71 Sam.16.6.W7TAB
נֶ֥גֶד
neged
“before or in front of”
- Transliteration
- NE-ged
- Extended
- NEH-geh d
- IPA
- /ˈnɛɣɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- before or in front of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
NE-ged
- phraseyour reading level
NE-ged Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER AKH NE-ged Ye-ho-VAH me-shi-KHO
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM va-yar-E et-e-li-AV va-yo-MER AKH NE-ged Ye-ho-VAH me-shi-KHO
Exegesis
The emphatic particle akh {אַךְ | ’akh} expresses certainty, while neged {נֶגֶד | ne·geḏ} ‘before’ positions the action in the divine presence of YHWH {יְהוָה | yhwh}.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:6
And it happened, when they came, that he saw Eliab and said, “Surely before the LORD stands His anointed one .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 16:6, so the Hebrew word נֶ֥גֶד (neged) 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.16.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.6.W7.S1) and character.