1 Samuel 21:13:81 Sam.21.13.W8TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:14
הַשַּׁ֔עַר
hashaar
“the gate”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHA-ar
- Extended
- hah-SHAH-ahr
- IPA
- /haʃ.ˈʃa.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- the gate
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ha-SHA-ar
- phraseyour reading level
al-DAL-te-vot ha-SHA-ar
- clause
va-ye-TAV al-DAL-te-vot ha-SHA-ar va-yo-RED ri-RO el-ze-KA-no
- sentence
va-yesh-NU et-TA-e-mo be-e-NE-ye-hem va-yit-ho-LEL be-ya-DAM va-ye-TAV al-DAL-te-vot ha-SHA-ar va-yo-RED ri-RO el-ze-KA-no
Exegesis
The clause vayyasekh cherpah al-pi ha-sha'ar {וַיָּשֶׂךְ חֶרְפָּה עַל־פִּי הַשַּׁעָר | wayyā-śeḥ ḥer-pāḥ ʿal-pî ha-šaʿ-ʾār} is rendered as scratching at the gate entrance to reflect the act of defiling the city’s threshold.
In context — 1 Samuel 21:13
And he changed his behavior before them and behaved crazily in their eyes as a madman; he scratched marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle run down upon his beard while he was in their hands .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 21:13, so the Hebrew word הַשַּׁ֔עַר (hashaar) 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.21.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.13.W8.S1) and character.