1 Samuel 17:7:131 Sam.17.7.W13TAB
הֹלֵ֥ךְ
holekh
“was going”
- Transliteration
- ho-LEKH
- Extended
- hoh-LEEkh
- IPA
- /hoˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- was going
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ho-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
ho-LEKH le-fa-NAV
- 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
h-l-ḵheh–lamed–khaf
“to go, walk, follow”
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 17:7:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 17:7, so the Hebrew word הֹלֵ֥ךְ (holekh) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.7.W13.S1) and character.