1 Samuel 20:40:41 Sam.20.40.W4TAB
אֶל־הַנַּ֖עַר
elhanaar
“to the boy”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-NA-ar
- Extended
- ehl-hah-NAH-ahr
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hanˈnaʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the boy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-NA-ar
- clause
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-NA-tan et-KE-lav el-ha-NA-ar a-SHER-lo
- sentence
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-NA-tan et-KE-lav el-ha-NA-ar a-SHER-lo va-yo-MER LO LEKH ha-VE ha-IR
Root and etymology
n-ʿ-rnun–ayin–resh
“young man”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:40
And Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 20:40, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַנַּ֖עַר (elhanaar) 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.20.40.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.40.W4.S1) and character.