1 Samuel 21:11:111 Sam.21.11.W11TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:12
יַעֲנ֤וּ
yaanu
“they answered”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-NU
- Extended
- yah-ah-NOO
- IPA
- /jaʕăˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they answered
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ya-a-NU
- phraseyour reading level
ya-a-NU bam-me-kho-LOT
- sentence
va-YO-meru a-ve-DE a-KHISH e-LAV ha-LO-ze da-VID ME-lekh ha-A-rets ha-LO la-ZE ya-a-NU bam-me-kho-LOT le-MOR hi-KA sha-UL ba-a-la-FAV ve-da-VID be-riv-ve-TAIV
In context — 1 Samuel 21:11
And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this David, the king of the land? Is he not the one of whom they sing to one another in dances, saying, ‘Saul has struck his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 21:11, so the Hebrew word יַעֲנ֤וּ (yaanu) 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.21.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.11.W11.S1) and character.