1 Samuel 17:5:71 Sam.17.5.W7TAB
לָב֑וּשׁ
lavush
“was clothed”
- Transliteration
- la-VUSH
- Extended
- laa-VOOSH
- IPA
- /laːˈvuːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- was clothed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-VUSH
- phraseyour reading level
HU la-VUSH
- clause
ve-KHO-vah ne-KHO-shet al-RO-sho ve-shir-YON kas-kas-SIM HU la-VUSH
- sentence
ve-KHO-vah ne-KHO-shet al-RO-sho ve-shir-YON kas-kas-SIM HU la-VUSH u-mish-KAL ha-shir-YON kha-ME-shet-a-la-FIM she-ka-LIM ne-KHO-shet
Exegesis
The coordinate phrase shiryon qaśqašîm {שִׁרְיוֹן קַשְׂקַשִּׂים | širyôn qaśqašîm} “coat of mail of scales” layers protective detail, and the participle lāḇûš hû’ {לָבוּשׁ הוּא | lāḇûš hû’} “he was clothed” functions as a stative description.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, mind”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:5
He had a helmet of bronze on his head and wore a coat of mail made of scales; its weight was five thousand shekels of bronze.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 17:5, so the Hebrew word לָב֑וּשׁ (lavush) 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.17.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.5.W7.S1) and character.