1 Samuel 20:15:11 Sam.20.15.W1TAB
וְלֹֽא־תַכְרִ֨ת
velotakhrit
“and not you shall cut off”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-ta-KHRIT
- Extended
- veh-LOH-tah-KHRIHT
- IPA
- /vəlɔːˈθax.riːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not you shall cut off
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-ta-KHRIT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-ta-KHRIT et-khas-DE-kha
- clause
ve-LO-ta-KHRIT et-khas-DE-kha me-IM be-TI ad-o-LAM
- sentence
ve-LO-ta-KHRIT et-khas-DE-kha me-IM be-TI ad-o-LAM ve-LO be-hak-HRIT ye-ho-VAH et-o-ye-VE da-VID ISH me-AL pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The first clause uses the prohibition marker ve-al {וְאַל | vê-ʾal} ‘and do not’ with the verb tikhrot {תִּכְרֹת | ṯi-ḵə-rōṯ} ‘you shall cut off’.
Root and etymology
כ־ר־ת
“to cut off; to make a covenant”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:15
Do not cut off your kindness from my house forever—no, not even when the LORD cuts off the enemies of David, every one of them, from the face of the earth.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 20:15, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־תַכְרִ֨ת (velotakhrit) 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.20.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.15.W1.S1) and character.