1 Samuel 18:6:171 Sam.18.6.W17TAB
בְּתֻפִּ֥ים
betupim
“with tambourines”
- Transliteration
- be-tu-PIM
- Extended
- beh-tu-PEEM
- IPA
- /bətupˈpiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with tambourines
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
be-tu-PIM
- phraseyour reading level
be-tu-PIM be-sim-KHA
- clause
be-tu-PIM be-sim-KHA u-ve-sha-li-SHIM
- 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
Finally, the series bə·tup·pîm {בְּתֻפִּים | bə·tup·pîm}, bə·śim·ḥā {בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה | bə·śim·ḥā}, u·bĕ·šā·liš·šîm {וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים | u·bĕ·šā·liš·šîm} details the instruments and mood. The Hebrew’s coordinated infinitives and vav-consecutive forms build a crescendo of communal rejoicing, rendered in English through parallel clauses and coordinated phrases.
Root and etymology
ṭ-p-pt-p-p
“drum”
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 18:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Samuel 18:6, so the Hebrew word בְּתֻפִּ֥ים (betupim) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.6.W17.S1) and character.