1 Samuel 17:33:71 Sam.17.33.W7TAB
אֶל־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֣י
elhapelishti
“to the Philistine”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-pe-lish-TI
- Extended
- ehl-hah-peh-lihsh-TEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hap.liʃˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the Philistine
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-pe-lish-TI
- phraseyour reading level
el-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE
- clause
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
- 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 defined noun phrase hapelishti hazeh {הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַזֶּה | ha-pə-lish-tî ha-zeh} singles out the Philistine adversary.
Root and etymology
p-l-shpe–lamed–shin
“Philistine”
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 17:33:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 17:33, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֣י (elhapelishti) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.33.W7.S1) and character.