1 Samuel 20:17:91 Sam.20.17.W9TAB
אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃
ahevo
“he loved him”
- Transliteration
- a-HE-VO
- Extended
- ah-HEH-VOH
- IPA
- /ʔăheːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he loved him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-HE-VO
- clause
ki-a-ha-VAT naf-SHO a-HE-VO
- sentence
va-yo-SEF ye-ho-na-TAN le-hash-bi-A et-da-VID be-a-ha-va-TO o-TO ki-a-ha-VAT naf-SHO a-HE-VO
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּי־ | kî} introduces a causal clause with the verb ’āhēḇ {אָהֵב | ’āhēḇ} ‘to love’ and pronoun hū’ {הוּא | hūʼ} ‘he’, and the preposition lōw {לוֹ | lōw} ‘to him’ attaches to the pronoun.
Root and etymology
aleph-heh-betaleph–he–bet
“to love”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:17
And Jonathan made David swear again, because he loved him as he loved his own soul .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 20:17, so the Hebrew word אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃ (ahevo) 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.20.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.17.W9.S1) and character.