1 Samuel 18:10:151 Sam.18.10.W15TAB
וְהַחֲנִ֖ית
vehakhanit
“and the spear”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-kha-NIT
- Extended
- veh-hah-khah-NEET
- IPA
- /vəhăħaˈniːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the spear
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-kha-NIT
- clause
ve-ha-kha-NIT be-yad-sha-UL
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kha-RAT va-tits-LAKH RU-akh e-lo-HIM ra-A el-sha-UL va-yit-na-BE be-TOKH-ha-BA-yit ve-da-VID me-na-GEN be-ya-DO ke-YOM be-YOM ve-ha-kha-NIT be-yad-sha-UL
Exegesis
The final clause wə-ḥăḥănîṯ bə-yad Šāʼûl {וְהַחֲנִית בְּיַד־שָׁאוּל | wə-ḥă-ḥă-nîṯ bə-yad šā-ʼûl} ‘and the spear was in Saul’s hand’ brings the underlying threat into focus. In translation, temporal vav forms become English conjunctions or adverbs, and Hebrew genitive chains are rendered with of-phrases to preserve theological nuance.
In context — 1 Samuel 18:10
And it happened on the next day that an evil spirit of God rushed upon Saul, and he prophesied within the house, while David was playing by his hand as day by day; and the spear was in Saul’s hand.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:10:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 18:10, so the Hebrew word וְהַחֲנִ֖ית (vehakhanit) 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.18.10.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.10.W15.S1) and character.