1 Samuel 17:26:41 Sam.17.26.W4TAB
הָעֹמְדִ֣ים
haomedim
“the ones standing”
- Transliteration
- ha-o-me-DIM
- Extended
- haa-oh-meh-DEEM
- IPA
- /haː.ʕoːmˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ones standing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-o-me-DIM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-o-me-DIM i-MO
- 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.’
Root and etymology
ע-מ-ד
“to stand, take a stand”
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 17:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:26, so the Hebrew word הָעֹמְדִ֣ים (haomedim) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.26.W4.S1) and character.