1 Samuel 21:9:81 Sam.21.9.W8TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:10

הָֽאֵלָ֗ה

haela

“Elah”

Transliteration: ha-e-LA
Extended: haa-eh-LAA
IPA: /haː.ʔeːˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English: Elah

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

הָֽ + אֵ + לָ֗ה

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ha + e + la

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haela

Alphabet Analysis

	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Lamed	l as in law
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ha-e-LA
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 21:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 21:9, so the Hebrew word הָֽאֵלָ֗ה (haela) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.9.W8.S1) and character.

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