1 Samuel 22:14:81 Sam.22.14.W8TAB
נֶאֱמָ֔ן
neeman
“faithful”
- Transliteration
- ne-e-MAN
- Extended
- neh-eh-MAAN
- IPA
- /nɛʔɛˈmaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- faithful
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ne-e-MAN
- phraseyour reading level
ke-da-VID ne-e-MAN
- clause
u-MI ve-khol-a-va-DE-kha ke-da-VID ne-e-MAN va-kha-TAN ha-ME-lekh ve-SAR el-mish-MA-te-kha ve-nikh-BAD be-VE-te-kha
- sentence
va-YA-an a-khi-ME-lekh et-ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mar u-MI ve-khol-a-va-DE-kha ke-da-VID ne-e-MAN va-kha-TAN ha-ME-lekh ve-SAR el-mish-MA-te-kha ve-nikh-BAD be-VE-te-kha
Exegesis
The interrogative ummî {וּמִ֤י | ummî} ‘and who’, with the prepositional phrase bə-ḵōl ʿăvâdeḵā {בְכָל־עֲבָדֶיךָ | among all your servants}, introduces a rhetorical comparison centering on kə-dāwîḏ {כְּדָוִד | David}, modified by the Niphal participle nəʾēmān {נֶאֱמָן | trustworthy}, conveying established reliability. The coordinate series vaḥaṭṭān … wə-sār …
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-naleph–mem–nun
“to be firm”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:14
And Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is like David , the king’s son-in-law, captain over your bodyguard , and honored in your house?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 22:14, so the Hebrew word נֶאֱמָ֔ן (neeman) 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.22.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.14.W8.S1) and character.