1 Samuel 17:34:111 Sam.17.34.W11TAB
וְאֶת־הַדּ֔וֹב
veethadov
“and {even} the bear”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-DOV
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-DOHV
- IPA
- /vəʔɛt.hadˈdoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and {even} the bear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-ha-DOV
- 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’.
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 17:34:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 17:34, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַדּ֔וֹב (veethadov) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.34.W11.S1) and character.