1 Samuel 17:50:51 Sam.17.50.W5TAB
וּבָאֶ֔בֶן
uvaeven
“and with a stone”
- Transliteration
- u-va-E-ven
- Extended
- oo-vaa-EH-vehhn
- IPA
- /uːvaːˈʔɛ.vɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with a stone
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-va-E-ven
- phraseyour reading level
ba-KE-la u-va-E-ven
- clause
va-ye-khe-ZAK da-VID min-ha-pe-li-SHTI ba-KE-la u-va-E-ven va-YAKH et-ha-pe-li-SHTI va-ye-mi-TE-hu
- sentence
va-ye-khe-ZAK da-VID min-ha-pe-li-SHTI ba-KE-la u-va-E-ven va-YAKH et-ha-pe-li-SHTI va-ye-mi-TE-hu ve-KHE-rev EN be-yad-da-VID
Exegesis
Instrumentality is marked by the coordinated phrases bakele‘ {בַּקֶּ֣לַע | ba-qə-lă‘} ‘with the sling’ and uvaeven {וּבָאֶ֔בֶן | u-vā-’e-ḇen} ‘and with the stone.’
Root and etymology
Rootbet–nun
“son”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:50
David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and with the stone; he struck the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in David’s hand.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:50:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 17:50, so the Hebrew word וּבָאֶ֔בֶן (uvaeven) 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.17.50.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.50.W5.S1) and character.