1 Samuel 22:17:61 Sam.22.17.W6TAB
סֹ֥בּוּ
sobu
“turn {around}”
- Transliteration
- SO-bu
- Extended
- SOH-boo
- IPA
- /ˈsoːbbuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- turn {around}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
SO-bu
- phraseyour reading level
SO-bu ve-ha-MI-tu ko-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh la-ra-TSIM ha-ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV SO-bu ve-ha-MI-tu ko-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH KI gam-ya-DAM im-da-VID ve-KI ya-de-U ki-bo-RE-akh HU ve-LO ga-LU et-oz-NO oz-NI
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh la-ra-TSIM ha-ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV SO-bu ve-ha-MI-tu ko-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH KI gam-ya-DAM im-da-VID ve-KI ya-de-U ki-bo-RE-akh HU ve-LO ga-LU et-oz-NO oz-NI ve-lo-A-VU av-DEI ha-ME-lekh lish-lo-AKH et-ya-DAM lif-GO-a be-kho-ha-NEI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The paired imperatives sóbbû {סֹ֥בּוּ | sóbbû} and wəhāmīṯû {וְהָמִ֣יתוּ | wəhāmīṯû} ‘turn and put to death’ convey the king’s urgent command.
In context — 1 Samuel 22:17
And the king said to the runners standing before him, “Turn and put to death the priests of the LORD , for their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not report it to my ear .” But the servants of the king were not willing to send forth their hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 22:17, so the Hebrew word סֹ֥בּוּ (sobu) 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.22.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.17.W6.S1) and character.