1 Samuel 17:43:81 Sam.17.43.W8TAB
בַּמַּקְל֑וֹת
bamaklot
“with sticks”
- Transliteration
- ba-mak-LOT
- Extended
- bah-mak-LOHT
- IPA
- /bam.maqˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- with sticks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ba-mak-LOT
- 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 plural noun bammaklōt {בַּמַּקְל֑וֹת | bammaklōt} ‘sticks’ highlights the crude weapons.
Root and etymology
Rootm-q-l
“staff”
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 17:43:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 17:43, so the Hebrew word בַּמַּקְל֑וֹת (bamaklot) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.43.W8.S1) and character.