1 Samuel 18:7:31 Sam.18.7.W3TAB
הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹת
hamesakhakot
“the celebrating or playing”
- Transliteration
- ha-me-sa-kha-KOT
- Extended
- hah-meh-sah-ah-kha-KOHT
- IPA
- /ham.śaħăˈqoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the celebrating or playing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-me-sa-kha-KOT
- phraseyour reading level
ha-na-SHIM ha-me-sa-kha-KOT
- clause
va-ta-a-ne-NA ha-na-SHIM ha-me-sa-kha-KOT va-to-MAR-na
- sentence
va-ta-a-ne-NA ha-na-SHIM ha-me-sa-kha-KOT va-to-MAR-na hi-KA sha-UL ve-al-FO ba-a-la-FAV ve-da-VID be-riv-vo-TAV
Exegesis
The term hanashim {הַנָּשִׁים | hannāšīm} ‘the women’ is modified by the Piel participle hamesachakot {הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹת | haməśaḥăqōṯ} ‘those playing or dancing’, designating their celebratory function.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–chet–qof
“to play, to dance”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:7
And the women who played answered and said, “Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 18:7, so the Hebrew word הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹת (hamesakhakot) 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.18.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.7.W3.S1) and character.