1 Samuel 20:2:131 Sam.20.2.W13TAB
קָטֹ֔ן
katon
“small”
- Transliteration
- ka-TON
- Extended
- kaa-TOHN
- IPA
- /qaːˈtˤoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- small
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-TON
- phraseyour reading level
da-VAR ka-TON
- clause
va-yo-MER LO kha-li-LA LO ta-MUT hi-NE LO-ya-a-SE a-VI da-VAR ga-DOL O da-VAR ka-TON ve-LO yig-le et-oz-NE
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO kha-li-LA LO ta-MUT hi-NE LO-ya-a-SE a-VI da-VAR ga-DOL O da-VAR ka-TON ve-LO yig-le et-oz-NE u-mad-DU-a yis-TIR a-VI mi-ME-ni et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE EN ZOT
Root and etymology
q-t-nqof–tet–nun
“small, young”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:2
And Jonathan said to David, “You shall not die! For my father does not undertake any of this great matter without disclosing it to me; why should he conceal it from me?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 20:2, so the Hebrew word קָטֹ֔ן (katon) 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.20.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.2.W13.S1) and character.