1 Samuel 20:9:31 Sam.20.9.W3TAB
חָלִ֣ילָה
khalila
“far be it”
- Transliteration
- kha-LI-la
- Extended
- khaa-LIH-laah
- IPA
- /ħaːˈliː.laː/
Meaning by language
- English
- far be it
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kha-LI-la
- phraseyour reading level
kha-LI-la LAKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-NA-tan kha-LI-la LAKH KI IM-YA-do-a e-DA KI-KHAL-ta ha-ra-A me-IM A-vi la-VO a-LE-kha ve-LO o-TA a-GID LAKH
In context — 1 Samuel 20:9
And Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! For if I knew for certain that my father had determined harm to come upon you, would I not tell you?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 20:9, so the Hebrew word חָלִ֣ילָה (khalila) 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.20.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.9.W3.S1) and character.