1 Samuel 18:3:51 Sam.18.3.W5TAB
בְּאַהֲבָת֥וֹ
beahavato
“in his loving or because of his love”
- Transliteration
- be-a-ha-va-TO
- Extended
- beh-ah-hah-vah-TOH
- IPA
- /bəʔa.hăvaːˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in his loving or because of his love
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
be-a-ha-va-TO
- phraseyour reading level
be-a-ha-va-TO o-TO
- clause
be-a-ha-va-TO o-TO ke-naf-SHO
- sentence
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-na-TAN ve-da-VID be-RIT be-a-ha-va-TO o-TO ke-naf-SHO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase beahavato {בְּאַהֲבָת֥וֹ | bə-ʾă-hă-vā-tô} ‘because of his love’ establishes the basis for the agreement, further specified by oto {אֹתוֹ | ʾō-tô} ‘him’ and the comparative kenafsho {כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ | kə-nap̄-šô} ‘as his soul’, highlighting the intensity of their bond. English SVO order is satisfied, placing the covenant at the center of the clause.
Root and etymology
א־ה־ב
“to love”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because of his love for him as his own soul .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 18:3, so the Hebrew word בְּאַהֲבָת֥וֹ (beahavato) 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.18.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.3.W5.S1) and character.