1 Samuel 20:30:31 Sam.20.30.W3TAB
בְּי֣וֹנָתָ֑ן
beyonatan
“against Jonathan”
- Transliteration
- be-yo-NA-tan
- Extended
- beh-yoh-nah-TAHN
- IPA
- /bəjoːnaːˈθan/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Jonathan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-yo-NA-tan
- clause
va-yikhar-AF sha-UL be-yo-NA-tan
- sentence
va-yikhar-AF sha-UL be-yo-NA-tan va-yo-MER LO ben-na-a-VAT ha-mar-DUT ha-LO ya-DA-e-ti KI-vo-KHER a-TA le-ven-yish-AI le-vosh-te-KHA u-le-VO-shet e-re-VAT i-ME-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase beyonatan {בְּיוֹנָתָן | bǝ-yōnāṯān} ‘against Jonathan’ identifies the target of that anger.
Root and etymology
n-t-nnun–tav–nun
“to give”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:30
Then Saul’s anger flared against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman ! Did I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 20:30, so the Hebrew word בְּי֣וֹנָתָ֑ן (beyonatan) 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.20.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.30.W3.S1) and character.