1 Samuel 21:9:61 Sam.21.9.W6TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:10

אֲשֶׁר־הִכִּ֤יתָ

asherhikhita

“whom you struck”

Transliteration: a-SHER-hi-KHI-ta
Extended: ah-SHEHR-hih-KHEE-taah
IPA: /ʔăˈʃɛr.hikˈkiː.θaː/

Meaning by language

English: whom you struck

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֲ + שֶׁר + הִ + כִּ֤י + תָ

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a + sher + hi + khi + ta

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asherhikhita

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Hateph Patach	reduced 'ah'
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Tav	t as in top
	Qamets	long 'ah'

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
a-SHER-hi-KHI-ta
phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-hi-KHI-ta be-E-mek ha-e-LA
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 relative pronoun ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘whom’ introduces hāraggattā {הָרַגְתָּ | hāraggattā} ‘you killed’ in bᵊʿemēq hāʾēlāh {בְּעֵמֶק הָאֵלָה | bᵊʿemēq hāʾēlāh} ‘in the Valley of Elah,’ setting location.

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 21:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 21:9, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־הִכִּ֤יתָ (asherhikhita) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.9.W6.S1) and character.

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