1 Samuel 21:8:111 Sam.21.8.W11TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:9
וְגַם־כֵּלַי֙
vegamkelai
“and also my weapons or my gear”
- Transliteration
- ve-gam-KE-lai
- Extended
- veh-gahm-KEE-lai
- IPA
- /vəɡam.keːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and also my weapons or my gear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-gam-KE-lai
- phraseyour reading level
KI gam-khar-BI ve-gam-KE-lai
- clause
KI gam-khar-BI ve-gam-KE-lai lo-la-KHAKH-ti ve-ya-DI ki-ha-YA de-var-ha-ME-lekh na-KHUTS
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID la-a-khi-ME-lekh ve-EN yesh-PO TA-khat-YAD-kha kha-NIT o-KHE-rev KI gam-khar-BI ve-gam-KE-lai lo-la-KHAKH-ti ve-ya-DI ki-ha-YA de-var-ha-ME-lekh na-KHUTS
In context — 1 Samuel 21:8
And David said to Ahimelech, “Is there no spear or sword under your hand? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons, because the king’s mission is urgent.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 21:8, so the Hebrew word וְגַם־כֵּלַי֙ (vegamkelai) 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.21.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.8.W11.S1) and character.