1 Samuel 17:46:161 Sam.17.46.W16TAB
לְע֥וֹף
leof
“to the bird”
- Transliteration
- le-OF
- Extended
- leh-OHF
- IPA
- /ləˈʕoːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the bird
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-OF
- phraseyour reading level
le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
ha-YOM ha-ZE ye-sag-GER-kha Ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DI ve-hi-KI-ti-kha va-ha-si-RO-ti et-RO-sha-kha me-a-LE-kha ve-na-TAT-ti PE-ger ma-kha-NE pe-li-SHTIM ha-YOM ha-ZE le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-kha-YAT ha-A-rets
- sentence
ha-YOM ha-ZE ye-sag-GER-kha Ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DI ve-hi-KI-ti-kha va-ha-si-RO-ti et-RO-sha-kha me-a-LE-kha ve-na-TAT-ti PE-ger ma-kha-NE pe-li-SHTIM ha-YOM ha-ZE le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-kha-YAT ha-A-rets ve-ye-de-U KAL-ha-A-rets KI YESH e-lo-HIM le-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The recipients le-ʿôf ha-šā-ma-yim {לְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם | le-ʿôf ha-šā-ma-yim} ‘to the birds of the heavens’ and u-le-ḥai-yyat ha-ʾā-reṣ {וּלְחַיַּ֣ת הָאָרֶץ | u-le-ḥai-yyat ha-ʾā-reṣ} ‘and to the beasts of the earth’ are marked by dative prepositions.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:46
This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and remove your head from upon you. And this day I will give the bodies of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the heavens so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:46:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 17:46, so the Hebrew word לְע֥וֹף (leof) 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.17.46.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.46.W16.S1) and character.