1 Samuel 20:5:21 Sam.20.5.W2TAB

דָּוִ֜ד

david

David

Transliteration
da-VID
Extended
dah-VEED
IPA
/daːˈviːd/

Meaning by language

English
David

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
דָּ + וִ֜ד
da + vid
david

Alphabet Analysis

Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Daletd as in door

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    da-VID

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YO-mer da-VID

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer da-VID el-ye-ho-na-TAN hi-NE-KHO-desh ma-KHAR ve-a-no-KHI ya-SHOV-e-SHEV

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer da-VID el-ye-ho-na-TAN hi-NE-KHO-desh ma-KHAR ve-a-no-KHI ya-SHOV-e-SHEV im-ha-ME-lekh le-e-KHOL ve-shi-la-KH-TA-ni ve-nis-tar-TI va-sa-DE ad ha-E-rev ha-she-li-SHIT

Exegesis

David {דָּוִד | Dāvid} is the speaker.

Root and etymology

d-w-ddalet–vav–dalet

beloved

In context1 Samuel 20:5

And David said, “Then it will be the new moon day, and you will dine with the king, but I will go and hide myself in the field until the evening of the third day.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 20:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 20:5, so the Hebrew word דָּוִ֜ד (david) 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.20.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.5.W2.S1) and character.