1 Samuel 17:7:121 Sam.17.7.W12TAB
הַצִּנָּ֖ה
hatsina
“the large shield”
- Transliteration
- ha-tsi-NA
- Extended
- hah-tsih-NAA
- IPA
- /hats.sinˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the large shield
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-tsi-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-no-SE ha-tsi-NA
- clause
ve-no-SE ha-tsi-NA ho-LEKH le-fa-NAV
- sentence
ve-KHETS ve-ETS kha-ni-TO kim-NOR or-ge-GIM ve-la-HE-vet kha-ni-TO shesh-me-OT she-ka-LIM bar-ZEL ve-no-SE ha-tsi-NA ho-LEKH le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
Finally, the participial circumstantial clause ve-no-se ha-tsin-nah ho-lekh le-pa-nav {וְנֹשֵׂא הַצִּנָּה הֹלֵךְ לְפָנָיו | wə-nō-sê ha-tsin-nāh hō-lēkh lə-pā-nāv} portrays the shield-bearer’s ongoing action preceding the warrior, underscoring martial protocol and Goliath’s imposing presence.
Root and etymology
ṣ-n-htsade–nun–heh
“shield”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:7
The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam , and the blade of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron ; and the shield-bearer walked before him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 17:7, so the Hebrew word הַצִּנָּ֖ה (hatsina) 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.17.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.7.W12.S1) and character.