1 Samuel 21:11:181 Sam.21.11.W18TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:12
בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃
berivvetaiv
“in his ten thousands”
- Transliteration
- be-riv-ve-TAIV
- Extended
- beh-rihv-veh-TAA-yv
- IPA
- /bəriv.văˈtɔːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- in his ten thousands
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-riv-ve-TAIV
- 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 21:11:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 21:11, so the Hebrew word בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃ (berivvetaiv) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.11.W18.S1) and character.