1 Samuel 18:23:111 Sam.18.23.W11TAB

בְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙

veenekhem

“in your eyes”

Transliteration: ve-e-ne-KHEM
Extended: veh-ee-neh-KHEHM
IPA: /vəʕeː.nɛˈxɛm/

Meaning by language

English: in your eyes

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

בְ + עֵֽי + נֵי + כֶם֙

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ve + e + ne + khem

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veenekhem

Alphabet Analysis

	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Nun	n as in new
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-e-ne-KHEM
phraseyour reading level
han-ka-LA ve-e-ne-KHEM
clause
va-yo-MER da-VID han-ka-LA ve-e-ne-KHEM hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh ve-a-no-KHI ish-RASH ve-nik-LE
sentence
va-ye-da-be-RU av-DE sha-UL be-oz-NE da-VID et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yo-MER da-VID han-ka-LA ve-e-ne-KHEM hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh ve-a-no-KHI ish-RASH ve-nik-LE

Exegesis

Vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaʾyōmer} ‘and he said’ introduces David’s reply, which uses the noun hanqalah {הַֽנְקַלָּ֤ה | hanqallāh} ‘the insignificant thing’ within the idiom beeneikhem {בְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ | bəʿênêkhem} ‘in your eyes’ to express incredulity.

In context — 1 Samuel 18:23

And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David, and David said, “Does it seem a small matter in your eyes to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor and lightly regarded man?”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 18:23:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 18:23, so the Hebrew word בְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ (veenekhem) 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.18.23.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.23.W11.S1) and character.

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