1 Samuel 17:45:31 Sam.17.45.W3TAB
אֶל־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י
elhapelishti
“to the Philistine”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-pe-lish-TI
- Extended
- ehl-hah-peh-lihsh-TEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hap.pəliʃˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the Philistine
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-pe-lish-TI
- clause
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
- 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 subject dāwîḏ {דָּוִד֙ | dāwîḏ} is followed by ʾel-happ̄ĕliššāṯî {אֶל־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י | ʾel-happ̄ĕliššāṯî} “to the Philistine.”
Root and etymology
p-l-š
“to roll, invade”
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 17:45:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 17:45, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י (elhapelishti) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.45.W3.S1) and character.