1 Samuel 17:3:71 Sam.17.3.W7TAB
אֶל־הָהָ֖ר
elhahar
“to the mountain”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-HAR
- Extended
- ehl-haa-HAAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haːˈhaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the mountain
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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
o-me-DIM el-ha-HAR
- clause
u-fe-lish-TIM o-me-DIM el-ha-HAR mi-ZE ve-yis-ra-EL o-me-DIM el-ha-HAR mi-ZE
- sentence
u-fe-lish-TIM o-me-DIM el-ha-HAR mi-ZE ve-yis-ra-EL o-me-DIM el-ha-HAR mi-ZE ve-ha-GAI be-ne-HEM
Exegesis
Each clause contains the prepositional phrase el-hahar {אֶל־הָהָר | ʾel-hā-hār} ‘on the hill’ modified by the demonstrative mizeh {מִזֶּה | miz-zeh} ‘from this’, specifying location on opposite sides.
Root and etymology
ה-ר
“mountain, hill, high place”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:3
The Philistines held their ground on the hill on one side, and Israel held the hill on the other side, with the valley between them.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 17:3, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָהָ֖ר (elhahar) 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.17.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.3.W7.S1) and character.