1 Samuel 18:16:31 Sam.18.16.W3TAB
אֹהֵ֖ב
ohev
“was loving”
- Transliteration
- o-HEV
- Extended
- oh-HEEV
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈheːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- was loving
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-HEV
- clause
ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL vi-ye-hu-DA o-HEV et-da-VID
- sentence
ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL vi-ye-hu-DA o-HEV et-da-VID ki-HU yo-TSE va-VA lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The predicate participle ohev {אֹהֵ֖ב | ʾō-hēḇ} ‘loving’ takes David {דָּוִד֑ | dā-wîḏ} ‘David’ as its object via the marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct object marker.’
Root and etymology
א־ה־ב
“to love”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:16
And all Israel and Judah loved David because he went out and came in before them.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 18:16, so the Hebrew word אֹהֵ֖ב (ohev) 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.18.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.16.W3.S1) and character.