1 Samuel 17:24:41 Sam.17.24.W4TAB
בִּרְאוֹתָ֖ם
birotam
“when they saw”
- Transliteration
- bir-o-TAM
- Extended
- bihr-oh-TAAM
- IPA
- /bir.ʔoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- when they saw
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bir-o-TAM
- clause
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL bir-o-TAM ET-ha-ISH
- sentence
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL bir-o-TAM ET-ha-ISH va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV va-yi-re-U me-OD
Exegesis
The infinitive construct birotam {בִּרְאוֹתָם | bir-ʾō-tām} functions as a temporal clause indicating immediate reaction.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:24
Whenever the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from his presence and were stricken with dread .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:24, so the Hebrew word בִּרְאוֹתָ֖ם (birotam) 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.17.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.24.W4.S1) and character.