1 Samuel 17:45:81 Sam.17.45.W8TAB

וּבַחֲנִ֣ית

uvakhanit

and with a spear

Transliteration
u-va-kha-NIT
Extended
oo-vah-khah-NEET
IPA
/uːvaħăˈniːt/

Meaning by language

English
and with a spear

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וּ + בַ + חֲ + נִ֣ית
u + va + kha + nit
uvakhanit

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-va-kha-NIT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-va-kha-NIT u-ve-khi-DON

  3. 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

  4. 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

A triad of instruments—bə-ḥerev {בְּחֶ֖רֶב | bə-ḥerev}, ū-ḇa-ḥănîṯ {וּבַחֲנִית | ū-ḇa-ḥănîṯ}, ū-ḇə-ḵîḏōn {וּבְכִיד֑וֹן | ū-ḇə-ḵîḏōn}—emphasizes his weapons.

In context1 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 17:45:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 17:45, so the Hebrew word וּבַחֲנִ֣ית (uvakhanit) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.45.W8.S1) and character.