1 Samuel 20:10:31 Sam.20.10.W3TAB
אֶל־יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן
elyehonatan
“to Jonathan”
- Transliteration
- el-ye-ho-NA-tan
- Extended
- ehl-yeh-hoh-NAA-tahn
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jəhoːnaːˈtaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Jonathan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ye-ho-NA-tan
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ye-ho-NA-tan MI ya-GID LI
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ye-ho-NA-tan MI ya-GID LI O ma-ya-AN-kha a-VI-kha ka-SHA
Exegesis
The interrogative mi {מִי | mî} ‘who’ combined with the imperfect yagid {יַגִּיד | ya-gîd} ‘will tell’ forms a future-oriented inquiry, with li {לִי | lî} ‘to me’ indicating the recipient.
Root and etymology
“has given”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:10
Then David said to Jonathan, “Please , who will tell me if your father answers you harshly ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 20:10, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן (elyehonatan) 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.20.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.10.W3.S1) and character.