1 Samuel 20:6:131 Sam.20.6.W13TAB
זֶ֠בַח
zevakh
“a sacrifice”
- Transliteration
- ZE-vakh
- Extended
- ZEH-vahkh
- IPA
- /ˈzɛ.vaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a sacrifice
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Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ZE-vakh
- phraseyour reading level
KI ZE-vakh
- clause
KI ZE-vakh ha-ya-MIM SHAM le-KHOL-ha-mish-pa-KHA
- sentence
IM-pa-KOD yif-ke-DE-ni a-VI-kha ve-a-MAR-ta nish-OL nish-AL mim-ME-ni da-VID la-RUTS be-VET-le-khem i-RO KI ZE-vakh ha-ya-MIM SHAM le-KHOL-ha-mish-pa-KHA
Exegesis
The conjunction ki-sham {כִּי־שָׁם | kî-šām} opens the explanatory clause, where the construct zevach-chag {זֶבַח־חַג | ze-vaḥ-ḥag} identifies a festival sacrifice and the prepositional phrase le-khol-hamishpacha {לְכָל־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה | lə-khol-ha-miš-pā-ḥā} extends it to the entire family. This structure creates a conditional–explanatory pattern underpinning the ruse of a religious observance.
Root and etymology
ז־ב־ח
“sacrifice”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:6
If your father misses me at all, then say, “David earnestly asked leave from me to run to Bethlehem, his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for the whole clan.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 20:6, so the Hebrew word זֶ֠בַח (zevakh) 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.20.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.6.W13.S1) and character.