1 Samuel 17:14:31 Sam.17.14.W3TAB
הַקָּטָ֑ן
hakatan
“the youngest”
- Transliteration
- ha-ka-TAN
- Extended
- hah-kaa-TAAN
- IPA
- /haq.qaːˈtˤaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the youngest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ka-TAN
- phraseyour reading level
HU ha-ka-TAN
- clause
ve-da-VID HU ha-ka-TAN
- sentence
ve-da-VID HU ha-ka-TAN u-she-lo-SHA ha-ge-do-LIM hol-KHU a-kha-RE sha-UL
Exegesis
In the first clause, the conjunction ve {וְ | wə} attaches to the proper noun dawid {דָוִד | dāwîd} ‘and David,’ followed by the copular pronoun hu {הוּא | hûʾ} and the predicate nominal ha-qatan {הַקָּטָן | ha-qā-tān} ‘the youngest,’ forming an equative statement.
Root and etymology
q-t-nqof–tet–nun
“small, young”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:14
David was the youngest , and the three oldest went after Saul.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 17:14, so the Hebrew word הַקָּטָ֑ן (hakatan) 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.17.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.14.W3.S1) and character.