1 Samuel 17:16:41 Sam.17.16.W4TAB
וְהַעֲרֵ֑ב
vehaarev
“and in the evening”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-a-REV
- Extended
- veh-hah-ah-REV
- IPA
- /vəhăʕaˈrɛːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in the evening
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-a-REV
- 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 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 17:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:16, so the Hebrew word וְהַעֲרֵ֑ב (vehaarev) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.16.W4.S1) and character.