1 Samuel 18:21:111 Sam.18.21.W11TAB
אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד
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 bish-ta-YIM tit-kha-TTEN BI ha-YOM
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL et-ne-NNA LO u-te-HI-LO le-mo-KESH u-te-HI-VO yad-pe-lish-TIM va-YO-mer sha-UL el-da-VID bish-ta-YIM tit-kha-TTEN BI ha-YOM
Root and etymology
d-v-dd-v-d
“beloved”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:21
And Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she shall be a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines shall be against him.” And Saul said to David, “Today you shall become my son-in-law for a second time.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 18:21, so the Hebrew word אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד (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.18.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.21.W11.S1) and character.