1 Samuel 17:48:111 Sam.17.48.W11TAB
הַמַּעֲרָכָ֖ה
hamaarakha
“to the battle line”
- Transliteration
- ha-ma-a-ra-KHA
- Extended
- hah-mah-ah-raa-KHAA
- IPA
- /hammaʕăraːˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the battle line
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ma-a-ra-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-RATS ha-ma-a-ra-KHA
- clause
va-ye-ma-HER da-VID va-ya-RATS ha-ma-a-ra-KHA lik-RAT ha-pe-lish-TI
- sentence
ve-ha-YA KI-KAM ha-pe-lish-TI va-ye-LEKH va-yik-RAV lik-RAT da-VID va-ye-ma-HER da-VID va-ya-RATS ha-ma-a-ra-KHA lik-RAT ha-pe-lish-TI
Exegesis
The infinitive construct liqrāʾat {לִקְרַ֣את | liqrāʾat} marks purpose ‘to meet’, and the construct chain ham-maʿ-ā-ra-ḵāh {הַמַּעֲרָכָה | ham-maʿ-ā-ra-ḵāh} situates the action in a military context. English retains temporal connectors and parallel verb placement to mirror the Hebrew’s escalating immediacy.
Root and etymology
ע־ר־ך
“arrangement, battle array”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:48
When the Philistine rose and came forward to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:48:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 17:48, so the Hebrew word הַמַּעֲרָכָ֖ה (hamaarakha) 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.17.48.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.48.W11.S1) and character.