1 Samuel 17:45:161 Sam.17.45.W16TAB
מַעַרְכ֥וֹת
maarkhot
“the battle-lines or armies of”
- Transliteration
- ma-ar-KHOT
- Extended
- mah-ar-KHOHT
- IPA
- /maʕarˈxoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the battle-lines or armies of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ma-ar-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
ma-ar-KHOT yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-a-NO-khi BA-E-le-kha be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE ma-ar-KHOT yis-ra-EL a-SHER KHE-rav-TA
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-pe-lish-TI a-TA BA E-lai be-KHE-rev u-va-kha-NIT u-ve-khi-DON ve-a-NO-khi BA-E-le-kha be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE ma-ar-KHOT yis-ra-EL a-SHER KHE-rav-TA
Exegesis
The construct chain in bə-šēm {בְּשֵׁם | bə-šēm} “in the name” links to the divine titles Yəhôwāh ṣə-ḇāʾōt {יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת | Yəhôwāh ṣə-ḇāʾōt} and ʾĕlōhê maʿārḵōt yiśrāʾēl {אֱלֹהֵי מַעַרְכ֥וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | ʾĕlōhê maʿārḵōt yiśrāʾēl}, grounding David’s confidence in divine authority.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-khayin–resh–khet
“to arrange, set in order”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:45
David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin , but I come against you in the name of the LORD of hosts , the God of the ranks of Israel , whom you have defied .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:45:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 17:45, so the Hebrew word מַעַרְכ֥וֹת (maarkhot) 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.17.45.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.45.W16.S1) and character.