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
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-a-RI
- phraseyour reading level
u-VA ha-a-RI
- clause
u-VA ha-a-RI ve-et-ha-DOV ve-na-SA SEH me-ha-E-der
- 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 context — 1 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.