1 Samuel 17:45:191 Sam.17.45.W19TAB
חֵרַֽפְתָּ׃
kheravta
“you have reproached or defied”
- Transliteration
- KHE-rav-TA
- Extended
- KHEH-rahv-TAA
- IPA
- /ħeːˈraf.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you have reproached or defied
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHE-rav-TA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER KHE-rav-TA
- 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 relative clause ʾăšer ḥērāp̄tā {אֲשֶׁר חֵרַפְתָּ | ʾăšer ḥērāp̄tā} “whom you have defied” assigns moral culpability to the Philistine.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-pchet–resh–pe
“to reproach, taunt”
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 17:45:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Samuel 17:45, so the Hebrew word חֵרַֽפְתָּ׃ (kheravta) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.45.W19.S1) and character.