1 Samuel 20:42:71 Sam.20.42.W7TAB
נִשְׁבַּ֨עְנוּ
nishbanu
“we have sworn”
- Transliteration
- nish-ba-NU
- Extended
- nihsh-bah-NOO
- IPA
- /niʃ.baʕˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we have sworn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nish-ba-NU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER nish-ba-NU she-NE-nu
- clause
a-SHER nish-ba-NU she-NE-nu a-na-KHNU be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ye-ho-VAH yih-ye-YE be-NI u-ve-NE-kha u-VEYN zar-I u-VEYN zar-a-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-NA-tan le-da-VID LEKH le-sha-LOM a-SHER nish-ba-NU she-NE-nu a-na-KHNU be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH le-MOR ye-ho-VAH yih-ye-YE be-NI u-ve-NE-kha u-VEYN zar-I u-VEYN zar-a-KHA ad-o-LAM
Root and etymology
ש־ב־ע
“to swear”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:42
And Jonathan said to David, “Peace to you, for we have sworn friendship between us in the name of the LORD , saying, ‘The LORD will be between me and you and between your descendants and between my descendants forever.’” Then David departed, and Jonathan returned to the city.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:42:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 20:42, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁבַּ֨עְנוּ (nishbanu) 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.20.42.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.42.W7.S1) and character.