1 Samuel 22:13:191 Sam.22.13.W19TAB
לְאֹרֵ֖ב
leorev
“to lie in wait”
- Transliteration
- le-o-REV
- Extended
- leh-oh-REEV
- IPA
- /ləʔoːˈreːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to lie in wait
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
le-o-REV
- clause
be-tit-KHA LO LE-khem ve-KHE-rev ve-sha-OL LO be-e-lo-HIM la-KUM e-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer E-lav e-LAV sha-UL LA-ma ke-shar-TEM a-LAI a-TA u-ven-yish-TAI be-tit-KHA LO LE-khem ve-KHE-rev ve-sha-OL LO be-e-lo-HIM la-KUM e-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The successive infinitives lā-qūm {לָק֥וּם | lā-qūm} ‘to rise up’ and lə-ʼō-rê-ḇ {לְאֹרֵ֖ב | lə-ʼō-rê-ḇ} ‘to lie in wait’ convey purpose, and the temporal phrase ka-yôm ha-z-zeh {כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה | ka-yôm ha-z-zeh} ‘as on this day’ locates the action in the present, reflecting Saul’s urgent rebuke.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-baleph–resh–bet
“to ambush, lie in wait”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:13
And Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, by giving him bread and a sword and by inquiring of God for him, so that he rises up against me to lie in ambush as on this very day?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:13:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Samuel 22:13, so the Hebrew word לְאֹרֵ֖ב (leorev) 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.22.13.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.13.W19.S1) and character.