1 Samuel 18:17:31 Sam.18.17.W3TAB
אֶל־דָּוִ֗ד
eldavid
“to David”
- Transliteration
- el-da-VID
- Extended
- ehl-daa-VEED
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.daːˈviːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- to David
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-da-VID
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-da-VID hi-NE bit-TI ha-ge-do-LA me-RAV o-TA e-TEN-le-KHA le-i-SHA AKH he-YE-lI le-ven-kha-YIL ve-hil-la-KHEM mil-kha-MOT ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-da-VID hi-NE bit-TI ha-ge-do-LA me-RAV o-TA e-TEN-le-KHA le-i-SHA AKH he-YE-lI le-ven-kha-YIL ve-hil-la-KHEM mil-kha-MOT ye-ho-VAH ve-sha-UL a-MAR al-te-HI ya-DI BO u-te-HI-VO yad-pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | va-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, introducing Saul’s address to David {דָּוִ֗ד | dā-wid} via the particle hinneh {הִנֵּה֩ | hinnēh} ‘behold’.
Root and etymology
d-v-dd-v-d
“beloved”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:17
And Saul said to David, “Behold, my eldest daughter Merab, I will give you as a wife; only be a son of valor for me and fight the battles of the LORD .” And Saul said, “Do not be my hand against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 18:17, so the Hebrew word אֶל־דָּוִ֗ד (eldavid) 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.18.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.17.W3.S1) and character.