1 Samuel 17:33:111 Sam.17.33.W11TAB
כִּֽי־נַ֣עַר
kinaar
“for a youth”
- Transliteration
- ki-NA-ar
- Extended
- KEE-NA-ahr
- IPA
- /kiːˈna.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a youth
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ki-NA-ar
- phraseyour reading level
ki-NA-ar a-TA
- clause
ki-NA-ar a-TA ve-HU ISH mil-kha-MA min-ne-u-RAIV
- sentence
va-yo-MER sha-UL el-da-VID LO tu-KHAL la-LE-khet el-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE le-hil-la-KHEM im-MO ki-NA-ar a-TA ve-HU ISH mil-kha-MA min-ne-u-RAIV
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} introduces an explanatory rationale, juxtaposing na'ar {נַעַר | na-‘ar} ‘youth’ with the phrase ish milchamah {אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה | ’îš mil-ḥā-māh} ‘man of war’.
Root and etymology
n-‘-rnun–ayin–resh
“youth, adolescent”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:33
And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go to this Philistine to fight him, for you are a youth , and he has been a man of war from his youth.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:33:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 17:33, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־נַ֣עַר (kinaar) 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.17.33.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.33.W11.S1) and character.