1 Samuel 17:34:101 Sam.17.34.W10TAB

הָֽאֲרִי֙

haari

the lion

Transliteration
ha-a-RI
Extended
haa-ah-REE
IPA
/haː.ʔăˈriː/

Meaning by language

English
the lion

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָֽ + אֲ + רִי֙
ha + a + ri
haari

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-a-RI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-VA ha-a-RI

  3. clause

    u-VA ha-a-RI ve-et-ha-DOV ve-na-SA SEH me-ha-E-der

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL ro-EH ha-YA av-de-KHA le-a-VIV ba-TSON u-VA ha-a-RI ve-et-ha-DOV ve-na-SA SEH me-ha-E-der

Exegesis

The adversarial agents are introduced by ūbā {וּבָ֤א | ū-ḇā} ‘and came’ with the coordinated expression hā-ʾă-rî wə-ʾeṯ-had-dōḇ {הָֽאֲרִי וְאֶת־הַדּ֔וֹב | hā-ʾă-rî wə-ʾeṯ-had-dōḇ} ‘the lion and the bear’.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph-resh-yod

lion

In context1 Samuel 17:34

And David said to Saul, “Your servant was a shepherd for his father among the sheep, when a lion and a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 17:34:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 17:34, so the Hebrew word הָֽאֲרִי֙ (haari) 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.17.34.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.34.W10.S1) and character.