1 Samuel 19:18:171 Sam.19.18.W17TAB
בְּנָיֽוֹת׃
benayot
“Naioth”
- Transliteration
- be-na-YOT
- Extended
- beh-naa-YOHT
- IPA
- /bənaːˈjoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- Naioth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
be-na-YOT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-no-YIT be-na-YOT
- clause
va-YE-lekh HU u-she-mu-EL va-YESH-vu ve-no-YIT be-na-YOT
- sentence
ve-da-VID ba-RAKH va-yim-ma-LET va-ya-VO el-she-mu-EL ha-ra-MA-ta va-yag-GED-lo ET kol-a-SHER a-SA-lo sha-UL va-YE-lekh HU u-she-mu-EL va-YESH-vu ve-no-YIT be-na-YOT
Exegesis
The closing clause wayyēšĕbû bĕnôwōṯ bə-nā-yô-ṯ {וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ בנוית בְּנָיֽוֹת | way-yē-šĕ-bû bĕ-nô-wō-ṯ bə-nā-yô-ṯ} ‘and they sat in the dwellings at Naioth’ signals temporary refuge. English word order adjusts Hebrew conjunctions and temporal markers to preserve aspectual and sequential nuance.
Root and etymology
נ־ב־א
“prophecy”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:18
And David fled and escaped , and he came to Samuel at Ramah, and he told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and they stayed in the dwellings at Naioth.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:18:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Samuel 19:18, so the Hebrew word בְּנָיֽוֹת׃ (benayot) 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.19.18.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.18.W17.S1) and character.