1 Samuel 18:27:121 Sam.18.27.W12TAB
אֶת־עָרְלֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם
etarlotehem
“the foreskins of them”
- Transliteration
- et-ar-lo-te-HEM
- Extended
- eht-ahr-loh-teh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʕɔrloːθeːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the foreskins of them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
et-ar-lo-te-HEM
- clause
va-ya-KAM da-VID va-ye-LEKH HU va-a-na-SHA-v va-YAKH ba-pe-li-shi-TIM ma-TA-yim ISH va-ya-VE da-VID et-ar-lo-te-HEM va-ye-mal-UM la-ME-lekh le-hit-kha-TEN ba-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ya-KAM da-VID va-ye-LEKH HU va-a-na-SHA-v va-YAKH ba-pe-li-shi-TIM ma-TA-yim ISH va-ya-VE da-VID et-ar-lo-te-HEM va-ye-mal-UM la-ME-lekh le-hit-kha-TEN ba-ME-lekh va-yit-TEN-LO sha-UL et-mi-KHAL bit-TO le-i-SHA
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾet in ʾet-ʿôrělōṯēhem {אֶת־עָרְלֹתֵיהֶם | ʾet ʿôrėlōṯēhem} flags the trophy, which the Piel perfect wayyəmalʾūm {וַיְמַלְא֣וּם | wayyəmalʾūm} ‘and they filled them’ completes quantitatively.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-layin–resh–lamed
“uncircumcision, foreskin”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:27
And David rose up and went out with his men, struck down two hundred Philistine soldiers, and brought their foreskins to present in full to the king for the marriage. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:27:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 18:27, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עָרְלֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם (etarlotehem) 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.18.27.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.27.W12.S1) and character.