1 Samuel 18:6:121 Sam.18.6.W12TAB
לָשִׁ֣יר
lashir
“to sing”
- Transliteration
- la-SHIR
- Extended
- laa-SHEER
- IPA
- /laːˈʃiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to sing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-SHIR
- phraseyour reading level
la-SHUR la-SHIR ve-ham-me-kho-LOT
- clause
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM be-SHUV da-VID me-ha-KHOT ET-ha-pe-lish-TI va-te-TSE-na ha-na-SHIM mi-KAL-a-RE yis-ra-EL la-SHUR la-SHIR ve-ham-me-kho-LOT lik-ra-AT sha-UL ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM be-SHUV da-VID me-ha-KHOT ET-ha-pe-lish-TI va-te-TSE-na ha-na-SHIM mi-KAL-a-RE yis-ra-EL la-SHUR la-SHIR ve-ham-me-kho-LOT lik-ra-AT sha-UL ha-ME-lekh be-tu-PIM be-sim-KHA u-ve-sha-li-SHIM
Exegesis
The infinitive lā·šîr wə·ham·mə·ḥō·lōṯ {לָשִׁיר וְהַמְּחֹל֔וֹת | lā·šîr wə·ham·mə·ḥō·lōṯ} ‘to sing and the dances’ highlights parallel celebration forms.
In context — 1 Samuel 18:6
And it happened as they returned, when David had struck down the Philistine, that the women went out from all the cities of Israel to sing and to dance to meet Saul the king with tambourines and with joy , and with stringed instruments.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 18:6, so the Hebrew word לָשִׁ֣יר (lashir) 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.18.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.6.W12.S1) and character.