1 Samuel 17:1:31 Sam.17.1.W3TAB
אֶת־מַֽחֲנֵיהֶם֙
etmakhanehem
“their camp or camps”
- Transliteration
- et-ma-kha-ne-HEM
- Extended
- eht-mah-khah-neh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.maħăneːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their camp or camps
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ma-kha-ne-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-as-FU pe-lish-TIM et-ma-kha-ne-HEM
- clause
va-ya-as-FU pe-lish-TIM et-ma-kha-ne-HEM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ye-as-FU so-KHO a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-ya-as-FU pe-lish-TIM et-ma-kha-ne-HEM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ye-as-FU so-KHO a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA va-ya-kha-NU BEN-so-KHO u-VEN-a-ze-KA be-E-fes da-MIM
Exegesis
The direct-object marker et on machanehem {אֶת־מַחֲנֵיהֶם | ʾet-maḥănêhēm} foregrounds the Philistines’ camps.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:1
The Philistines gathered their camps for battle ; they assembled at Socoh in Judah and set up camp between Socoh and Azekah at Efes Dammim.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 17:1, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מַֽחֲנֵיהֶם֙ (etmakhanehem) 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.17.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.1.W3.S1) and character.