1 Samuel 17:43:41 Sam.17.43.W4TAB
הֲכֶ֣לֶב
hakhelev
“a dog?”
- Transliteration
- ha-KHE-lev
- Extended
- hah-KHEH-lehv
- IPA
- /hăˈkɛ.lɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- a dog?
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ha-KHE-lev
- phraseyour reading level
ha-KHE-lev a-NO-khi
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-pe-lish-TI el-da-VID ha-KHE-lev a-NO-khi ki-a-TA va-E-LAI ba-mak-LOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-pe-lish-TI el-da-VID ha-KHE-lev a-NO-khi ki-a-TA va-E-LAI ba-mak-LOT va-ye-kal-LEL ha-pe-lish-TI et-da-VID be-e-lo-HAV
Exegesis
The interrogative haḥêlêḇ ʾănōkī {הֲכֶלֶב אָנֹכִי | haḥêlêḇ ʾănōkī} ‘Am I a dog?’ forms a rhetorical insult.
Root and etymology
k-l-bkaf–lamed–bet
“dog, contemptible creature”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:43
The Philistine said to David, “Am I the dog , that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:43:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:43, so the Hebrew word הֲכֶ֣לֶב (hakhelev) 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.17.43.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.43.W4.S1) and character.