1 Samuel 18:21:81 Sam.18.21.W8TAB
יַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים
yadpelishtim
“a hand of Philistines”
- Transliteration
- yad-pe-lish-TIM
- Extended
- yahd-peh-lihsh-TEEM
- IPA
- /jad.pəliʃˈtːiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a hand of Philistines
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yad-pe-lish-TIM
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL et-ne-NNA LO u-te-HI-LO le-mo-KESH u-te-HI-VO yad-pe-lish-TIM
- 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 paired purpose clauses utehilo {וּתְהִי־לוֹ | ū·tə·hī-lō} and utehibo {וּתְהִי־בוֹ | ū·tə·hī-bō} frame a purposeful outcome: a snare (lemoqesh {לְמוֹקֵשׁ | lə·mō·qēš}) and the Philistines’ hand (yad-pelishtim {יַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּים | yad-pe·liš·tīm}) against him. A second vayomer introduces direct address.
Root and etymology
י־ד־ד
“hand, power”
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 18:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 18:21, so the Hebrew word יַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים (yadpelishtim) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.21.W8.S1) and character.