1 Samuel 17:36:21 Sam.17.36.W2TAB
אֶֽת־הָאֲרִ֛י
ethaari
“{direct object} the lion”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-a-RI
- Extended
- eht-hah-ah-REE
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haːʔăˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the lion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-ha-a-RI
- phraseyour reading level
GAM et-ha-a-RI
- clause
GAM et-ha-a-RI gam-ha-DOV hi-KA av-DE-kha
- sentence
GAM et-ha-a-RI gam-ha-DOV hi-KA av-DE-kha ve-ha-YA ha-pe-lish-TI he-a-REL ha-ZE ke-a-KHAD me-HEM KI KHE-ref ma-ar-KHOT e-lo-HIM kha-YIM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et-hā-ʼă-rî {אֶת־הָאֲרִי | ʾeṯ-hā-ʼă-rî} and et-ha-dov form the object phrases.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-resh-yod
“lion”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:36
Your servant struck both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has taunted the battle-lines of the living God .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:36:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 17:36, so the Hebrew word אֶֽת־הָאֲרִ֛י (ethaari) 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.17.36.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.36.W2.S1) and character.