1 Samuel 22:1:81 Sam.22.1.W8TAB
אֶחָיו֙
ekhav
“his brothers”
- Transliteration
- e-KHAV
- Extended
- eh-KHAAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈħaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his brothers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
e-KHAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-me-U e-KHAV
- clause
va-yish-me-U e-KHAV ve-khol-BET a-VIV va-YE-re-du e-LAV SHAM-ma
- sentence
va-YE-lekh da-VID mi-SHAM va-yim-ma-LET el-me-A-rat a-dul-LAM va-yish-me-U e-KHAV ve-khol-BET a-VIV va-YE-re-du e-LAV SHAM-ma
Exegesis
The coordinate phrase echav wə-khol beit aviv {אֶחָיו וְכָל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֔יו | ʾəḥāv wə-ḵol bēt ʾāvî} ‘his brothers and all the house of his father’ highlights collective family involvement.
In context — 1 Samuel 22:1
And David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam, and when his brothers and all the household of his father heard, they went down to him there
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 22:1, so the Hebrew word אֶחָיו֙ (ekhav) 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.22.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.1.W8.S1) and character.