1 Samuel 20:35:91 Sam.20.35.W9TAB

קָטֹ֖ן

katon

small

Transliteration
ka-TON
Extended
kaa-TOHN
IPA
/qaːˈtˤoːn/

Meaning by language

English
small

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Result
קָ + טֹ֖ן
ka + ton
katon

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Tett — emphatic
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ka-TON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-NA-ar ka-TON

  3. clause

    ve-NA-ar ka-TON IM-mo

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ba-BO-ker va-ye-TSE ye-ho-na-TAN ha-sa-DE le-mo-ED da-VID ve-NA-ar ka-TON IM-mo

Exegesis

Finally the attributive construct na’ar katon {נַעַר קָטֹן | nā·ʿar qā·ṭōn} ‘small boy’ places the adjective after the noun, which in English is rendered as ‘a boy was with him’ (formal) or ‘brought along a little boy’ (dynamic).

Root and etymology

q-t-nqof–tet–nun

small, young

In context1 Samuel 20:35

And Jonathan went out early in the morning to the field to meet David, and a boy was with him.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 20:35:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 20:35, so the Hebrew word קָטֹ֖ן (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.20.35.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.35.W9.S1) and character.