1 Samuel 18:6:51 Sam.18.6.W5TAB
מֵהַכּ֣וֹת
mehakhot
“from striking”
- Transliteration
- me-ha-KHOT
- Extended
- mee-hah-KHOHT
- IPA
- /meːhakˈkoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from striking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
me-ha-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
me-ha-KHOT ET-ha-pe-lish-TI
- 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 phrase mêhakōṯ {מֵהַכּוֹת | mê·ha·qôṯ} ‘from striking’ explains the cause of celebration.
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 18:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 18:6, so the Hebrew word מֵהַכּ֣וֹת (mehakhot) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.6.W5.S1) and character.