1 Samuel 17:34:71 Sam.17.34.W7TAB
לְאָבִ֖יו
leaviv
“for his father”
- Transliteration
- le-a-VIV
- Extended
- leh-aa-VEEV
- IPA
- /ləʔaːˈviːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- for his father
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-a-VIV
- 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
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 17:34:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 17:34, so the Hebrew word לְאָבִ֖יו (leaviv) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.34.W7.S1) and character.