1 Samuel 18:9:41 Sam.18.9.W4TAB
עוֹיֵ֣ן
oyen
“watching or looking”
- Transliteration
- o-YEN
- Extended
- oh-YEEN
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈjeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- watching or looking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-YEN
- phraseyour reading level
ON o-YEN ET-da-VID
- clause
va-ye-HI sha-UL ON o-YEN ET-da-VID
- sentence
va-ye-HI sha-UL ON o-YEN ET-da-VID me-ha-YOM ha-HU va-ha-LE-a
Exegesis
The subject shaul {שָׁאוּל | šā·ʼûl} ‘Saul’ is immediately followed by the participle oyin {עוֹיִ֣ן | ʿō·yēn} ‘eyeing’, highlighting his ongoing scrutiny.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–yod–nun
“to gaze”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:9
And it came to pass that Saul kept a suspicious eye on David from that day onward.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 18:9, so the Hebrew word עוֹיֵ֣ן (oyen) 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.18.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.9.W4.S1) and character.