1 Samuel 17:34:141 Sam.17.34.W14TAB

מֵהָעֵֽדֶר׃

mehaeder

from the herd

Transliteration
me-ha-E-der
Extended
mee-haa-EH-dehr
IPA
/meːhaːˈʕeːdɛr/

Meaning by language

English
from the herd

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מֵ + הָ + עֵֽ + דֶר׃
me + ha + e + der
mehaeder

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Daletd as in door
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-ha-E-der

  2. clause

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

  3. 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 result clause marked by wənāsāʾ {וְנָשָׂ֥א | wə-nā-sāʾ} ‘and carried off’ focuses on the action against the sheep, with the direct object marker ʾeṯ {אֶת | ʾeṯ} specifying the victim and the phrase mēhā-ʾê-der {מֵהָעֵֽדֶר | mē-hā-ʾê-der} ‘from the flock’ indicating its source. This VSO narrative sequence is rendered into clear SVO English, preserving emphasis and temporal progression.

Root and etymology

ע־ד־רa d r

herd, flock

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 17:34:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 17:34, so the Hebrew word מֵהָעֵֽדֶר׃ (mehaeder) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.34.W14.S1) and character.