1 Samuel 20:41:181 Sam.20.41.W18TAB
אֶת־רֵעֵ֖הוּ
etreehu
“his companion”
- Transliteration
- et-RE-e-hu
- Extended
- eht-REE-eh-hoo
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.reːˈʕeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his companion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-RE-e-hu
- clause
va-yish-KE-ku ISH et-RE-e-hu va-yiv-KE-ku ISH et-RE-e-hu ad-da-VID hig-DIL
- sentence
ha-NA-ar BA ve-da-VID KAM me-E-tsel ha-NE-gev va-yip-POL le-a-PAV AR-tsa va-yish-ta-KHU sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM va-yish-KE-ku ISH et-RE-e-hu va-yiv-KE-ku ISH et-RE-e-hu ad-da-VID hig-DIL
Root and etymology
ר־ע־ה
“to be bad or harmful”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:41
And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone on the south side, and he fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times; then they kissed one another and wept until David wept very much.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:41:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 20:41, so the Hebrew word אֶת־רֵעֵ֖הוּ (etreehu) 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.20.41.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.41.W18.S1) and character.