1 Samuel 17:26:31 Sam.17.26.W3TAB
אֶֽל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֞ים
elhaanashim
“to the men”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- ehl-hah-ah-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ha.ʔănaːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the men
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-a-na-SHIM
- 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 narrative introduction is marked by vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wə-yō-’ə-mer} ‘and he said’, which shifts to David’s direct address to el-ha-anashim ha-omdim immo {אֶל־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹמְדִים עִמּוֹ | ’el-hā-’ănā-šîm hā-‘ō-mə-dîm ʿim-mô} ‘the men standing with him.’
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 17:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 17:26, so the Hebrew word אֶֽל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֞ים (elhaanashim) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.26.W3.S1) and character.