1 Samuel 18:1:121 Sam.18.1.W12TAB
יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן
yehonatan
“Jonathan”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-na-TAN
- Extended
- yeh-hoh-nah-TAHN
- IPA
- /jəhoːnaːˈtʰaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jonathan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ho-na-TAN
- phraseyour reading level
vi-a-ha-VU va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu ye-ho-na-TAN
- clause
vi-a-ha-VU va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu ye-ho-na-TAN ke-naf-SHO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-khal-lo-TO le-dab-BER el-sha-UL ve-NE-fesh ye-ho-na-TAN nik-she-RA be-NE-fesh da-VID vi-a-ha-VU va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu ye-ho-na-TAN ke-naf-SHO
Exegesis
The subject focus then shifts to Jonathan’s inner life through the conjunction and prepositional phrase venefesh Yehonatan {וְנֶפֶשׁ יְהוֹנָתָן | wə-ne-p̄eš Yĕ-hō-nā-tān} ‘and the soul of Jonathan’.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–tav–nun
“to give, to permit”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:1
And it happened that when he finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 18:1, so the Hebrew word יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן (yehonatan) 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.18.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.1.W12.S1) and character.