1 Samuel 21:2:181 Sam.21.2.W18TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:3

וְאֶת־הַנְּעָרִ֣ים

veethanearim

and {direct object} the young men

Transliteration
ve-et-ha-ne-a-RIM
Extended
veh-eht-hah-neh-ah-REEM
IPA
/vəʔɛt.han.nəʕaːˈriːm/

Meaning by language

English
and {direct object} the young men

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Result
וְ + אֶת + הַ + נְּ + עָ + רִ֣ים
ve + et + ha + ne + a + rim
veethanearim

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nunn as in new
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-et-ha-ne-a-RIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-et-ha-ne-a-RIM yo-DA-ti

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer da-VID la-a-khi-ME-lekh ha-ko-HEN ha-ME-lekh tsi-VA-ni da-VAR va-YO-mer E-lai ISH al-ye-DA me-u-MA et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER-a-NO-khi sho-LE-kha-kha va-a-SHER tsi-VI-ti-kha ve-et-ha-ne-a-RIM yo-DA-ti el-me-KOM pe-lo-NI

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer da-VID la-a-khi-ME-lekh ha-ko-HEN ha-ME-lekh tsi-VA-ni da-VAR va-YO-mer E-lai ISH al-ye-DA me-u-MA et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER-a-NO-khi sho-LE-kha-kha va-a-SHER tsi-VI-ti-kha ve-et-ha-ne-a-RIM yo-DA-ti el-me-KOM pe-lo-NI al-mo-NI

Exegesis

The particle et {אֶת־ | ’et} marks Ahimelekh {אֲחִימֶלֶךְ | ’ă-ḥî-mê-leḵ} ha-kohen {הַכֹּהֵן | ha-kō-hên}, while the adverb ha-hen {הָהֵן | hā-hên} situates the account in time.

In context1 Samuel 21:2

And David answered Ahimelech the priest at that time and said to him, “The king has charged me and said to me, ‘Let no one know what I have sent you to do.’ And I said to my men, ‘Hide me in a place.’”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 21:2:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 21:2, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַנְּעָרִ֣ים (veethanearim) 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.21.2.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.2.W18.S1) and character.