1 Samuel 17:7:21 Sam.17.7.W2TAB
וְעֵ֣ץ
veets
“and a wood or shaft”
- Transliteration
- ve-ETS
- Extended
- veh-EETS
- IPA
- /vəˈʕeːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a wood or shaft
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ETS
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHETS ve-ETS kha-ni-TO
- clause
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
- 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
The verse begins with two coordinated vav-conjunctions, ve-hets {וְחֵץ | wə-ḥêṣ} and ve-ets {וְעֵץ | wə-ʾēṣ}, marking the dual components of the weapon.
Root and etymology
ʾ–ṣaleph–tsade
“wood, tree”
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 17:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 17:7, so the Hebrew word וְעֵ֣ץ (veets) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.7.W2.S1) and character.