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

Result
וּ + בַ + קִּ֑יר
u + va + kir
uvakir

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-va-KIR

  2. clause

    va-YA-tel sha-UL ET-ha-kha-NIT va-yo-MER a-KE ve-da-VID u-va-KIR

  3. 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 context1 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.