1 Samuel 19:5:31 Sam.19.5.W3TAB
בְכַפּ֜וֹ
vekhapo
“in his palm”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-PO
- Extended
- veh-khah-POH
- IPA
- /vəχapˈpoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in his palm
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
ve-kha-PO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SEM et-naf-SHO ve-kha-PO
- clause
va-ya-SEM et-naf-SHO ve-kha-PO va-YAKH et-ha-pe-lish-TI va-ya-AS ye-ho-VAH te-shu-A ge-do-LA le-khol-yis-ra-EL ra-I-ta va-tis-MAKH
- sentence
va-ya-SEM et-naf-SHO ve-kha-PO va-YAKH et-ha-pe-lish-TI va-ya-AS ye-ho-VAH te-shu-A ge-do-LA le-khol-yis-ra-EL ra-I-ta va-tis-MAKH ve-la-MA te-khe-TA be-DAM na-KI le-ha-MIT et-da-VID khi-NAM
Exegesis
The phrase nafsho {נַפְשׁוֹ | nepešô} ‘soul, life’ combined with bekappo {בְּכַפּוֹ | bə-kappô} ‘in his hand’ forms an idiom for risking one’s life.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:5
And he put his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and the LORD made a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin by shedding innocent blood to kill David without cause?
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 19:5, so the Hebrew word בְכַפּ֜וֹ (vekhapo) 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.19.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.5.W3.S1) and character.