1 Samuel 17:9:101 Sam.17.9.W10TAB

וְהִכִּיתִ֔יו

vehikkitiv

and strike him

Transliteration
ve-hik-KI-ti-v
Extended
veh-hihk-KEE-tihv
IPA
/vəhikˈkiːtiːw/

Meaning by language

English
and strike him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + הִכ + כִּ + י + תִ֔יו
ve + hik + ki + ti + v
vehikkitiv

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ve-hik-KI-ti-v

  2. clause

    ve-im-a-NI u-KHAL-LO ve-hik-KI-ti-v vi-he-YI-tem la-NU la-a-va-DIM va-a-vad-TEM o-TA-nu

  3. sentence

    im-yu-KHAL le-hil-la-KHEM i-TI ve-hik-KA-ni ve-ha-YI-nu la-KHEM la-a-va-DIM ve-im-a-NI u-KHAL-LO ve-hik-KI-ti-v vi-he-YI-tem la-NU la-a-va-DIM va-a-vad-TEM o-TA-nu

Exegesis

The second clause mirrors this with ani {אֲנִי | ʾā-nî} ‘I,’ ūḵal {אוּכַל | ū-ḵal} ‘I am able,’ lû {לוֹ | lû} ‘to him,’ and vehikitîv {וְהִכִּיתִ֔יו | wə-ḥik-kî-tî-vû} ‘I struck him down.’

In context1 Samuel 17:9

If he can engage me in battle and strike me down, then we will be your servants ; but if I prevail against him and strike him down, then you will be our servants and serve us.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 17:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 17:9, so the Hebrew word וְהִכִּיתִ֔יו (vehikkitiv) 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.17.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.9.W10.S1) and character.