1 Samuel 19:8:31 Sam.19.8.W3TAB
לִֽהְי֑וֹת
liheyot
“to be, to occur”
- Transliteration
- li-he-YOT
- Extended
- lih-heh-YOHT
- IPA
- /lih.joːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be, to occur
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
li-he-YOT
- clause
va-to-SEF ha-mil-kha-MA li-he-YOT
- sentence
va-to-SEF ha-mil-kha-MA li-he-YOT va-ye-TSE da-VID va-yil-LA-khem ba-pe-li-sh-TIM va-YAKH ba-HEM ma-KA ge-do-LA va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV
Exegesis
The phrase ha-milchamah {הַמִּלְחָמָה | ham-mil-ḥa-mâ} ‘the battle’ is the subject, with the infinitive construct lihyot {לִֽהְיוֹת | li-hiy-yôt} ‘to be’ marking its ongoing state.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:8
The battle continued again, and David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them a great blow , so they fled from before him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 19:8, so the Hebrew word לִֽהְי֑וֹת (liheyot) 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.19.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.8.W3.S1) and character.