1 Samuel 18:15:41 Sam.18.15.W4TAB
מַשְׂכִּ֣יל
maskiil
“is acting wisely”
- Transliteration
- mas-ki-IL
- Extended
- mahs-keh-EEL
- IPA
- /masˈkiːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- is acting wisely
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mas-ki-IL
- phraseyour reading level
mas-ki-IL me-OD
- clause
va-YAR-e sha-UL a-SHER-HU mas-ki-IL me-OD
- sentence
va-YAR-e sha-UL a-SHER-HU mas-ki-IL me-OD va-ya-GAR mi-pa-NAV
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher-hû {אֲשֶׁר־ה֖וּא | ʾăšer-hû} links to the Qal participle maskîl {מַשְׂכִּ֣יל | maskîl} ‘acting wisely’, which is intensified by the adverb meʾôd {מְאֹד | məʾôd} ‘very’.
Root and etymology
shin–kaf–lamed
“to be prudent, considerate”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:15
And Saul saw that he was very successful , and he feared him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 18:15, so the Hebrew word מַשְׂכִּ֣יל (maskiil) 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.18.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.15.W4.S1) and character.