1 Samuel 17:7:41 Sam.17.7.W4TAB
כִּמְנוֹר֙
kimnor
“like a beam”
- Transliteration
- kim-NOR
- Extended
- kihm-NOHR
- IPA
- /kimˈnoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a beam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kim-NOR
- 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 comparative clause introduced by kimnor {כִּמְנוֹר | kîm-nôr} ‘like a weaver’s beam’ is modified by the participle or-gim {אֹרְגִים | ʾôr-gîm} used substantively for emphasis.
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 17:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:7, so the Hebrew word כִּמְנוֹר֙ (kimnor) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.7.W4.S1) and character.