1 Samuel 17:34:41 Sam.17.34.W4TAB
רֹעֶ֨ה
roeh
“a shepherd”
- Transliteration
- ro-EH
- Extended
- roh-EH
- IPA
- /roːˈʕɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a shepherd
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ro-EH
- phraseyour reading level
ro-EH ha-YA av-de-KHA
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL ro-EH ha-YA av-de-KHA le-a-VIV ba-TSON
- 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 prepositional phrase ʾel-šā-ʾûl {אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל | ʾel-šā-ʾûl} ‘to Saul’ frames the audience, followed by the nominal clause rōʿeh hayah ʿaḇdêkā {רֹעֶה הָיָ֧ה עַבְדְּךָ֛ | rōʿeh hāyâ ʿaḇ-dê-kā} ‘a shepherd was your servant’, combining a participle and perfect verb to convey habitual past action.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־הr e h
“to pasture, tend”
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 17:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:34, so the Hebrew word רֹעֶ֨ה (roeh) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.34.W4.S1) and character.