1 Samuel 17:12:181 Sam.17.12.W18TAB
בַאֲנָשִֽׁים׃
baanashim
“among men”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- bah-ah-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /baʔănaˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- among men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-a-na-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
BA ba-a-na-SHIM
- clause
ve-ha-ISH bi-ME sha-UL za-KEN BA ba-a-na-SHIM
- sentence
ve-da-VID ben-ISH e-fra-TI ha-ZE mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA u-she-MO yi-SHAI ve-LO she-mo-NA va-NIM ve-ha-ISH bi-ME sha-UL za-KEN BA ba-a-na-SHIM
Exegesis
The adjective zaken {זָקֵ֖ן | zāqēn} ‘old’ precedes the perfect ba {בָּ֥א | bāʾ}, with the locative ba’anashim {בַאֲנָשִֽׁים | ba-ʾănāšîm} ‘among the men’, forming an idiomatic verbless clause (‘the man was old’). This construction is rendered as ‘he was old’ in the formal reconstruction and ‘he was an elderly man’ in the dynamic reconstruction, preserving the sense of advanced age without adding action.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of this Ephrathite man from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse ; he had eight sons, and in the days of Saul he was old .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:12:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 17:12, so the Hebrew word בַאֲנָשִֽׁים׃ (baanashim) 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.17.12.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.12.W18.S1) and character.