1 Samuel 17:15:61 Sam.17.15.W6TAB
לִרְע֛וֹת
lirot
“to pasture or to tend”
- Transliteration
- lir-OT
- Extended
- lihr-OHT
- IPA
- /lirˈʕoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to pasture or to tend
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lir-OT
- clause
lir-OT et-TSON a-VIV BET LA-khem
- sentence
ve-da-VID ho-LEKH va-SHAV me-AL sha-UL lir-OT et-TSON a-VIV BET LA-khem
Exegesis
The infinitive lirʿot {לִרְעוֹת | lir-ʿōṯ} ‘to tend’ functions as an infinitive of purpose governing et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} plus tson {צֹאן | ṣōn} ‘flock’.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:15
But David would go and return from Saul to tend the flock of his father at Bethlehem.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 17:15, so the Hebrew word לִרְע֛וֹת (lirot) 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.17.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.15.W6.S1) and character.