1 Samuel 22:18:191 Sam.22.18.W19TAB
וַחֲמִשָּׁה֙
vakhamisha
“and five”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-mi-SHA
- Extended
- vah-khah-mih-SHAA
- IPA
- /vaħ.ămiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and five
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-kha-mi-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
she-mo-NIM va-kha-mi-SHA
- clause
va-yi-SOV do-YIG do-EG ha-a-do-MI va-yif-GA-u ba-ko-ha-NIM va-ya-MET ba-YOM ha-HU she-mo-NIM va-kha-mi-SHA ISH no-SE e-FOD BAD
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-do-YIG le-do-EG SOV a-TA u-fe-GA ba-ko-ha-NIM va-yi-SOV do-YIG do-EG ha-a-do-MI va-yif-GA-u ba-ko-ha-NIM va-ya-MET ba-YOM ha-HU she-mo-NIM va-kha-mi-SHA ISH no-SE e-FOD BAD
Exegesis
The numeric shemonim vachamishah ish {שְׁמוֹנִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אִישׁ | še-mō-nîm va-ḥa-mi-ššāh ʾîš} specifies victims.
In context — 1 Samuel 22:18
And the king said to Doeg, “Turn and strike the priests.” Then Doeg the Edomite turned and struck the priests, and on that day he killed eighty-five men wearing a linen ephod .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:18:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Samuel 22:18, so the Hebrew word וַחֲמִשָּׁה֙ (vakhamisha) 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.22.18.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.18.W19.S1) and character.