1 Samuel 20:16:51 Sam.20.16.W5TAB
וּבִקֵּ֣שׁ
uvikkesh
“and he sought”
- Transliteration
- u-vik-KESH
- Extended
- oo-vihk-KEHSH
- IPA
- /uvikˈqeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sought
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-vik-KESH
- phraseyour reading level
u-vik-KESH ye-ho-VAH
- clause
u-vik-KESH ye-ho-VAH mi-YAD o-VE da-VID
- sentence
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-NA-tan im-BET da-VID u-vik-KESH ye-ho-VAH mi-YAD o-VE da-VID
Root and etymology
b-q-šbet–qof–shin
“to seek, ask”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:16
And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD require it from the hand of David’s enemies.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 20:16, so the Hebrew word וּבִקֵּ֣שׁ (uvikkesh) 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.20.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.16.W5.S1) and character.