1 Samuel 20:36:131 Sam.20.36.W13TAB
הַחֵ֖צִי
hakhetsi
“the arrow”
- Transliteration
- ha-KHE-tsi
- Extended
- hah-KHEH-tsee
- IPA
- /haˈħeːtsiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the arrow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ha-KHE-tsi
- clause
ha-NA-ar RATS ve-HU-YA-ra ha-KHE-tsi le-ha-a-vi-RO
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-na-a-RO RUTS me-TSA NA et-ha-KHI-tsim a-SHER a-no-KHI mo-RE ha-NA-ar RATS ve-HU-YA-ra ha-KHE-tsi le-ha-a-vi-RO
Exegesis
The direct-object marker et {אֵת־ | ʾēṯ} introduces ha-ḥiṣṣîm {הַחִצִּים | ha-ḥîṣṣîm} ‘the arrows’, defined by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ăšer} ‘that’ and modified by yarotah {יָרוֹתָה | yā-rō-ṯâh} ‘I will shoot them’.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–yod–tsade
“arrow”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:36
Then he said to the boy , “Run and find the arrows that I will shoot.” And the boy ran, and he shot an arrow beyond him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:36:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 20:36, so the Hebrew word הַחֵ֖צִי (hakhetsi) 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.20.36.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.36.W13.S1) and character.