1 Samuel 19:10:61 Sam.19.10.W6TAB
וּבַקִּ֔יר
uvakir
“and into the wall”
- Transliteration
- u-va-KIR
- Extended
- oo-vah-KEER
- IPA
- /uvacˈqiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and into the wall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
u-va-KIR
- phraseyour reading level
be-da-VID u-va-KIR
- clause
va-ye-va-KESH sha-UL le-ha-KOT ba-kha-NIT be-da-VID u-va-KIR va-yif-TAR mi-pe-NE sha-UL va-YAKH ET-ha-kha-NIT ba-KIR
- sentence
va-ye-va-KESH sha-UL le-ha-KOT ba-kha-NIT be-da-VID u-va-KIR va-yif-TAR mi-pe-NE sha-UL va-YAKH ET-ha-kha-NIT ba-KIR ve-da-VID NAS va-yim-ma-LET ba-LAI-la HU
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases bedavid {בְּדָוִ֣ד | bə-dāwı̂ḏ} “against David” and uvakir {וּבַקִּיר֔ | ū-ba-qqîr} “and in the wall” specify the goal.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:10
And Saul sought to strike David with the spear against the wall, but David evaded him, and Saul drove the spear into the wall. David fled and escaped that night.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 19:10, so the Hebrew word וּבַקִּ֔יר (uvakir) 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.19.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.10.W6.S1) and character.