1 Samuel 22:23:51 Sam.22.23.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ
asheryevakkesh
“the one who seeks”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-ye-vak-KESH
- Extended
- ah-shehr-yeh-vahk-KEESH
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.jəvaqˈqeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one who seeks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-ye-vak-KESH
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ye-vak-KESH et-naf-SHI
- clause
she-VA i-TI al-ti-RA KI a-sher-ye-vak-KESH et-naf-SHI ye-vak-KESH et-naf-SHE-kha
- sentence
she-VA i-TI al-ti-RA KI a-sher-ye-vak-KESH et-naf-SHI ye-vak-KESH et-naf-SHE-kha ki-mish-me-RET a-TA im-ma-DI
Exegesis
The Piel imperfect yəvaqēš {יְבַקֵּשׁ | yə-ḇaq-qēš} ‘seek’ recurs to express a parallel threat to both participants, each governed by the direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} and the noun nefesh {נֶפֶשׁ | nefesh} ‘soul’ with corresponding suffixed pronouns, creating a structural parallelism that heightens the narrative tension.
Root and etymology
shin–resh–resh
“leader, officer”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:23
Stay with me; do not be afraid, for the one who seeks my soul is also seeking your soul. You will be under my safeguard .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 22:23, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (asheryevakkesh) 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.22.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.23.W5.S1) and character.