1 Samuel 18:11:71 Sam.18.11.W7TAB
וּבַקִּ֑יר
uvakir
“and into the wall”
- Transliteration
- u-va-KIR
- Extended
- oo-vah-KEER
- IPA
- /u.vaqˈqiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and into the wall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
u-va-KIR
- clause
va-YA-tel sha-UL ET-ha-kha-NIT va-yo-MER a-KE ve-da-VID u-va-KIR
- sentence
va-YA-tel sha-UL ET-ha-kha-NIT va-yo-MER a-KE ve-da-VID u-va-KIR va-yis-SOV da-VID mi-pa-NAV pa-a-MAI-yim
Exegesis
The coordinated prepositional phrases bə-Dāwîḏ {בְדָוִ֖ד | bə-dā-wî-ḏ} ‘against David’ and ū-ba-qîr {וּבַקִּיר | ū-ba-qîr} ‘against the wall’ specify his target.
In context — 1 Samuel 18:11
Saul hurled his spear and said, “I will strike David into the wall.” David turned aside from before him twice .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 18:11, so the Hebrew word וּבַקִּ֑יר (uvakir) 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.18.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.11.W7.S1) and character.