1 Samuel 17:29:41 Sam.17.29.W4TAB
עָשִׂ֖יתִי
asiti
“have I done”
- Transliteration
- a-SI-ti
- Extended
- aa-SIH-tih
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈsiː.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- have I done
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-SI-ti
- phraseyour reading level
ME a-SI-ti
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID ME a-SI-ti a-TA
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID ME a-SI-ti a-TA ha-LO da-VAR HU
Exegesis
The interrogative phrase meh asiti {מֶה עָשִׂיתִי | mēh ʿāśītî} ‘what have I done’ expresses a defensive challenge, followed by the adverb atah {עָ֑תָּה | ʿattāh} ‘now’ indicating immediacy.
Root and etymology
ʿ-sh-hʿ s h
“to do, make”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:29
David said, “What have I done now ? Was it not only a word ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:29, so the Hebrew word עָשִׂ֖יתִי (asiti) 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.17.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.29.W4.S1) and character.