1 Samuel 20:41:41 Sam.20.41.W4TAB
קָ֚ם
kam
“rose”
- Transliteration
- KAM
- Extended
- KAAM
- IPA
- /ˈqaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- rose
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
KAM
- clause
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
- 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
Exegesis
The narrative urgency is marked by the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayyaqam {וַיָּקָם | wāyyaqām} ‘and he rose’, signaling immediate departure.
Root and etymology
“to rise, stand”
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 20:41:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 20:41, so the Hebrew word קָ֚ם (kam) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.41.W4.S1) and character.