1 Samuel 21:15:11 Sam.21.15.W1TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:16
חֲסַ֤ר
khasar
“do I lack”
- Transliteration
- kha-SAR
- Extended
- khah-SAR
- IPA
- /ħăˈsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- do I lack
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-SAR
- phraseyour reading level
kha-SAR me-shu-ga-IM
- clause
kha-SAR me-shu-ga-IM A-ni ki-ha-VE-tem et-ZE le-hish-ta-ge-A a-LAI
- sentence
kha-SAR me-shu-ga-IM A-ni ki-ha-VE-tem et-ZE le-hish-ta-ge-A a-LAI ha-ZE ya-VO el-be-TI
Exegesis
The first clause opens with the participle chaser {חָסֵר | ḥā-sēr} “lacking” modifying mishshagagaim {מִשְּׁגָגָיִם | miš-šā-ḡā-yim} “errors/madmen,” with ani-kamo {אָֽנִי־כָּמֹה | ʾā-nî-kā-mō} intensifying the complaint.
Root and etymology
chet-samekh-reshchet–samekh–resh
“to lack, be missing”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:15
Do I lack madmen that you have brought him to behave crazily before me? Shall he come into my house?
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 21:15, so the Hebrew word חֲסַ֤ר (khasar) 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.21.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.15.W1.S1) and character.