1 Samuel 18:7:81 Sam.18.7.W8TAB
בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו
baalafav
“in his thousands”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-la-FAV
- Extended
- bah-ah-laa-FAAV
- IPA
- /baʔălaːˈfaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- in his thousands
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ba-a-la-FAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-al-FO ba-a-la-FAV
- clause
hi-KA sha-UL ve-al-FO ba-a-la-FAV ve-da-VID be-riv-vo-TAV
- 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 Hiphil perfect hikkah {הִכָּה | hikkāh} ‘he struck’ and the prepositional phrases bealafav {בַּאֲלָפָיו | baʾălāpāyv} ‘in his thousands’ and berivvotav {בְּרִבְבֹתָיו | bəriḇbōṯāv} ‘in his ten-thousands’ form a parallelism contrasting Saul’s and David’s military achievements. English word order is adjusted for clarity while preserving the poetic balance and highlighting David’s superior feat.
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 18:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 18:7, so the Hebrew word בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו (baalafav) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.7.W8.S1) and character.