1 Samuel 17:16:31 Sam.17.16.W3TAB
הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם
hashekem
“early in the morning”
- Transliteration
- ha-she-KEM
- Extended
- hah-sheh-KEM
- IPA
- /haʃˈkeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- early in the morning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-she-KEM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-she-KEM ve-ha-a-REV
- clause
va-yig-GASH ha-pe-lish-TI ha-she-KEM ve-ha-a-REV
- sentence
va-yig-GASH ha-pe-lish-TI ha-she-KEM ve-ha-a-REV va-yit-ya-TSEV ar-ba-IM YOM
Exegesis
The infinitive absolutes haskem {הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם | haš-kem} ‘morning’ and lehaarev?
The infinitive absolutes haskem {הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם | haš-kem} ‘morning’ and vehaarev {וְהַעֲרֵ֑ב | və-ha-ʿă-rev} ‘evening’ serve adverbially to indicate repeated timing.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:16
The Philistine came forward morning and evening and stood firmly for forty days.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 17:16, so the Hebrew word הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם (hashekem) 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.17.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.16.W3.S1) and character.