1 Samuel 21:5:161 Sam.21.5.W16TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:6
דֶּֽרֶךְ־חֹ֖ל
derekhkhol
“an ordinary way”
- Transliteration
- DE-rekh-khol
- Extended
- DEH-rehkh-khohl
- IPA
- /ˈdɛ.rɛx.ħoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- an ordinary way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DE-rekh-khol
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HU DE-rekh-khol
- clause
be-tse-TI va-yih-YU khe-LEI-ha-ne-a-RIM KO-desh ve-HU DE-rekh-khol ve-AF ki-ha-YOM yik-DASH ba-KHE-li
- sentence
va-YA-an da-VID et-ha-kho-HEN va-YO-mer LO KI im-i-SHA a-tsu-RA-la-NU kit-MOL shil-SHOM be-tse-TI va-yih-YU khe-LEI-ha-ne-a-RIM KO-desh ve-HU DE-rekh-khol ve-AF ki-ha-YOM yik-DASH ba-KHE-li
In context — 1 Samuel 21:5
And David said to Achiel the priest, “Truly the women have been withheld from us just as when I went out , for the bodies of the young men are consecrated in this matter.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 21:5, so the Hebrew word דֶּֽרֶךְ־חֹ֖ל (derekhkhol) 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.21.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.5.W16.S1) and character.