1 Samuel 17:46:181 Sam.17.46.W18TAB
וּלְחַיַּ֣ת
ulekhayat
“and to the living thing of”
- Transliteration
- u-le-kha-YAT
- Extended
- oo-leh-khah-YAT
- IPA
- /uːləħajˈjat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the living thing of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-kha-YAT
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-kha-YAT ha-A-rets
- 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 17:46:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 17:46, so the Hebrew word וּלְחַיַּ֣ת (ulekhayat) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.46.W18.S1) and character.