1 Samuel 20:27:141 Sam.20.27.W14TAB
בֶּן־יִשַׁ֔י
benyishai
“son of Jesse”
- Transliteration
- ben-yi-SHAI
- Extended
- behn-yih-SHAI
- IPA
- /loːˈvɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Jesse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ben-yi-SHAI
- sentence
va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT ha-KHO-desh hash-she-NI va-yip-pa-KED me-KOM da-VID va-yo-MER sha-UL el-ye-ho-na-TAN be-NO mad-DU-a lo-VA ben-yi-SHAI gam-te-MOL gam-ha-YOM el-hal-LE-khem
Exegesis
The construct ben-yishai {בֶן־יִשַׁי | ben-yi-šā́y} identifies David by lineage, and the coordinated temporal phrase hayom vegam et-etmol {הַיּוֹם וְגַם־אֶת־אֶתְמוֹל | ha-yôm wĕ-gam-’et-’et-mōl} “today and also yesterday” emphasizes continuous absence. The Hebrew VSO interrogative is rendered as English SVO, and the series of vav-consecutives preserves narrative flow.
Root and etymology
ב–נ–י
“son, child”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:27
And it was the next day, the second day of the month, and David’s place was filled; and Saul said to Jonathan, “Why has the son of Jesse not come today and also yesterday to the meal?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:27:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 20:27, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־יִשַׁ֔י (benyishai) 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.20.27.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.27.W14.S1) and character.