1 Samuel 21:4:71 Sam.21.4.W7TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:5
אֶל־תַּ֣חַת
eltakhat
“under”
- Transliteration
- el-ta-KHAT
- Extended
- ehl-tah-KHAT
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.taˈħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- under
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
el-ta-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
el-ta-KHAT ya-DI
- clause
va-ya-AN ha-ko-HEN et-da-VID va-yo-MER EN-LE-khem KHOL el-ta-KHAT ya-DI
- sentence
va-ya-AN ha-ko-HEN et-da-VID va-yo-MER EN-LE-khem KHOL el-ta-KHAT ya-DI ki-im-LE-khem KO-desh YESH im-ha-ne-a-RIM AKH me-i-SHA
Exegesis
The noun phrase hakohen {הַכֹּהֵן | hakōhēn} ‘the priest’ is connected by the preposition el {אֶל | ʼel} ‘to’ to the proper noun david {דָּוִד | dāwīd} ‘David’, marking him as the addressee.
In context — 1 Samuel 21:4
And the priest answered David and said, “I have no common bread under my hand, but only the bread for the priests, if the men have kept themselves from women.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 21:4, so the Hebrew word אֶל־תַּ֣חַת (eltakhat) 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.21.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.4.W7.S1) and character.