1 Samuel 17:26:141 Sam.17.26.W14TAB
חֶרְפָּ֖ה
kherpa
“reproach”
- Transliteration
- kher-PA
- Extended
- khehr-PAH
- IPA
- /ħɛrˈpaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- reproach
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kher-PA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-he-SIR kher-PA
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-o-me-DIM i-MO le-MOR ma-ye-a-SE la-ISH a-SHER ya-KE et-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-LAZ ve-he-SIR kher-PA me-AL yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-o-me-DIM i-MO le-MOR ma-ye-a-SE la-ISH a-SHER ya-KE et-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-LAZ ve-he-SIR kher-PA me-AL yis-ra-EL KI MI ha-pe-lish-TI he-a-REL ha-ZE KI khe-REF ma-ar-KHOT e-lo-HIM kha-YIM
Exegesis
The sequence ve-hesir kherpah me-al yisrael {וְהֵסִיר חֶרְפָּה מֵעַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | wə-hē-sîr ḥer-pāh mē-‘āl yīś-rā-’ēl} ‘and removes disgrace from Israel’ asserts communal honor.
Root and etymology
ח־ר־פ
“shame, insult”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:26
And David said to the men standing with him, “What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and removes disgrace from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should taunt the battle lines of the living God ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:26:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 17:26, so the Hebrew word חֶרְפָּ֖ה (kherpa) 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.17.26.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.26.W14.S1) and character.