1 Samuel 19:11:81 Sam.19.11.W8TAB
בַּבֹּ֑קֶר
baboker
“in the morning”
- Transliteration
- ba-BO-ker
- Extended
- bah-BOH-kehr
- IPA
- /babˈboːqɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the morning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-BO-ker
- clause
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-BET da-VID le-sha-me-RO ve-la-ha-mi-TO ba-BO-ker
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-BET da-VID le-sha-me-RO ve-la-ha-mi-TO ba-BO-ker va-tag-GED le-da-VID mi-KHAL ish-TO le-mor im-EN-kha me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA ha-LAI-la ma-KHAR a-TA mu-MAT
Exegesis
The infinitive constructs ləšāmrō {לְשָׁמְר֔וֹ | ləšāmrō} ‘to guard him’ and wəlaḥammītō {וְלַהֲמִית֖וֹ | wəlaḥammītō} ‘and to kill him’ function as purpose clauses, with bab-bōqer {בַּבֹּ֑קֶר | bab-bōqer} ‘in the morning’ marking the time frame.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:11
Saul sent messengers to David’s house to keep watch and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, his wife, warned David, saying, “If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 19:11, so the Hebrew word בַּבֹּ֑קֶר (baboker) 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.19.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.11.W8.S1) and character.