1 Samuel 21:8:71 Sam.21.8.W7TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:9
חֲנִ֖ית
khanit
“a spear”
- Transliteration
- kha-NIT
- Extended
- hah-NEET
- IPA
- /ħăˈniːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a spear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-NIT
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID la-a-khi-ME-lekh ve-EN yesh-PO TA-khat-YAD-kha kha-NIT o-KHE-rev
- 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
Exegesis
for you’ introduces the disjunctive objects chanit ve-kherev {חָנִית וְחֶרֶב | ḥā-nîṯ wə-ḥe-reḇ} ‘spear and sword.’
Root and etymology
RootChet, Nun, Tav
“spear, thrusting weapon”
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 21:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 21:8, so the Hebrew word חֲנִ֖ית (khanit) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.8.W7.S1) and character.