1 Samuel 20:8:71 Sam.20.8.W7TAB
הֵבֵ֥אתָ
heveta
“you brought”
- Transliteration
- he-VE-ta
- Extended
- hee-VEH-tah
- IPA
- /heːˈveː.tɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you brought
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-VE-ta
- phraseyour reading level
he-VE-ta et-AV-de-KHA
- sentence
ve-a-SI-ta KHE-sed al-AV-de-KHA KI biv-RIT Ye-ho-VAH he-VE-ta et-AV-de-KHA im-MAKH
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces heveita {הֵבֵאתָ | hē-vē-ṯā} ‘you have brought’ in a construct chain with avdkha berit {עַבְדְּךָ בְּרִית | ʿaḇə-ḏḵā bə-rît} ‘your servant into covenant’, naming YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} as partner.
Root and etymology
ב–א–ה
“to come”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:8
Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. Yet if there is guilt in me, strike me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 20:8, so the Hebrew word הֵבֵ֥אתָ (heveta) 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.20.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.8.W7.S1) and character.