1 Samuel 21:9:41 Sam.21.9.W4TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:10
גָּלְיָ֨ת
galyat
“Goliath”
- Transliteration
- gal-YAT
- Extended
- gaal-yaat
- IPA
- /ɡalˈjaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- Goliath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gal-YAT
- phraseyour reading level
KHE-rev gal-YAT ha-ple-shi-TI
- clause
va-yo-MER ha-ko-HEN KHE-rev gal-YAT ha-ple-shi-TI a-SHER-hi-KHI-ta be-E-mek ha-e-LA hin-NE-hi lu-TA va-sim-LA a-kha-RE ha-e-FOD im-o-TA ti-KAKH-le-KHA KAKH KI EN a-KHE-ret zu-la-TA ba-ZE
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ko-HEN KHE-rev gal-YAT ha-ple-shi-TI a-SHER-hi-KHI-ta be-E-mek ha-e-LA hin-NE-hi lu-TA va-sim-LA a-kha-RE ha-e-FOD im-o-TA ti-KAKH-le-KHA KAKH KI EN a-KHE-ret zu-la-TA ba-ZE va-yo-MER da-VID EN ka-MO-ha te-nen-NA LI
Exegesis
The construct chain ḥirbāt gōlyāṯ happəlīštī {חִרְבַּת גָּלְיַת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי | ḥirbāt gōlyāṯ happəlīštī} frames the object and its owner.
Root and etymology
In context — 1 Samuel 21:9
And the priest said, “Behold , the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod . If you will take it, take it, for there is no other sword here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 21:9, so the Hebrew word גָּלְיָ֨ת (galyat) 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.21.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.9.W4.S1) and character.