1 Samuel 18:21:121 Sam.18.21.W12TAB
בִּשְׁתַּ֛יִם
bishtayim
“in two times or a second time”
- Transliteration
- bish-ta-YIM
- Extended
- bihsh-tah-YEEM
- IPA
- /biʃ.taˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- in two times or a second time
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
bish-ta-YIM
- 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
Exegesis
The numeral bishtayim {בִּשְׁתַּיִם | bi·šta·yim} functions idiomatically as “a second time.”
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 18:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 18:21, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁתַּ֛יִם (bishtayim) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.21.W12.S1) and character.