1 Samuel 22:18:51 Sam.22.18.W5TAB
סֹ֣ב
sov
“turn”
- Transliteration
- SOV
- Extended
- SOHV
- IPA
- /ˈsoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- turn
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
SOV
- phraseyour reading level
SOV a-TA
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-do-YIG le-do-EG SOV a-TA u-fe-GA ba-ko-ha-NIM
- 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 imperatives sov {סֹב | sov} and uprega {וּפְגַע | u-pə-ḡaʿ} convey authoritative commands.
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 22:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 22:18, so the Hebrew word סֹ֣ב (sov) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.18.W5.S1) and character.