1 Samuel 17:20:61 Sam.17.20.W6TAB
עַל־שֹׁמֵ֔ר
alshomer
“with a keeper or guard”
- Transliteration
- al-sho-MER
- Extended
- ahl-shoh-MEER
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃoːˈmeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a keeper or guard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-sho-MER
- clause
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
- 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
Exegesis
The construct et-hatzon {אֶת־הַצֹּאן | ʾet-ha-ṣōʾān} marks the direct object “the flock,” and the prepositional phrase al-shomer {עַל־שֹׁמֵר | ʿal-šō-mêr} indicates delegated care.
Root and etymology
š-m-rshin–mem–resh
“to guard”
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 17:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 17:20, so the Hebrew word עַל־שֹׁמֵ֔ר (alshomer) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.20.W6.S1) and character.