1 Samuel 21:11:121 Sam.21.11.W12TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:12
בַּמְּחֹלוֹת֙
bammekholot
“in the dances”
- Transliteration
- bam-me-kho-LOT
- Extended
- bahm-meh-khoh-LOHT
- IPA
- /bam.məħoˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the dances
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
bam-me-kho-LOT
- 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
Exegesis
The second interrogative hallōʾ zeh hazzāmer bemakhālōṯāyw {הֲלוֹא זֶה הַזַּמֵּר בְּמַחֲלוֹתָיו | hallōʾ zeh hazzāmer bemakhālōṯāyw} ‘Is he not this singer in his dances?’ uses the participle hazzāmer to recall the communal singing refrains, modified by the prepositional phrase bemakhālōṯāyw.
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 21:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 21:11, so the Hebrew word בַּמְּחֹלוֹת֙ (bammekholot) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.11.W12.S1) and character.