1 Samuel 21:1:141 Sam.21.1.W14TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:2
לְבַדֶּ֔ךָ
levaddekha
“by yourself”
- Transliteration
- le-vad-DE-kha
- Extended
- leh-vahd-DEH-kha
- IPA
- /ləvadˈdɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by yourself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-vad-DE-kha
- clause
va-ye-khe-RAD a-khi-ME-lekh lik-RA-et da-VID va-yo-MER LO ma-DU-a a-TA le-vad-DE-kha ve-ISH EN it-TAKH
- sentence
va-ya-BO da-VID NO-ve el-a-khi-ME-lekh ha-ko-HEN va-ye-khe-RAD a-khi-ME-lekh lik-RA-et da-VID va-yo-MER LO ma-DU-a a-TA le-vad-DE-kha ve-ISH EN it-TAKH
In context — 1 Samuel 21:1
And David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembled when he met him, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man is with you?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 21:1, so the Hebrew word לְבַדֶּ֔ךָ (levaddekha) 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.21.1.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.1.W14.S1) and character.