1 Samuel 17:20:161 Sam.17.20.W16TAB
אֶל־הַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה
elhamaarakha
“to the battle line or array”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ma-a-ra-KHA
- Extended
- ehl-hah-mah-ah-rah-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ham.maʕ.ʁaːˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the battle line or array
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-ma-a-ra-KHA
- clause
va-ya-VO ha-ma-e-ga-LA ve-ha-KHA-yil ha-yo-TSE el-ha-ma-a-ra-KHA ve-he-RE-u ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-yash-KEM da-VID ba-BO-ker va-yit-TOSH ET-ha-TSON al-sho-MER va-yis-SA va-ye-LEKH ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu yi-SHAI va-ya-VO ha-ma-e-ga-LA ve-ha-KHA-yil ha-yo-TSE el-ha-ma-a-ra-KHA ve-he-RE-u ba-mil-kha-MA
Root and etymology
‘-r-khayin–resh–kaf
“to arrange, set in order”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:20
And David rose early in the morning and left the flock with a keeper, took the provisions, and went just as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the camp perimeter as the army was going out to the battle line and raising the battle shout.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:20:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 17:20, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה (elhamaarakha) 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.17.20.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.20.W16.S1) and character.