1 Samuel 22:6:121 Sam.22.6.W12TAB
תַּֽחַת־הָאֶ֤שֶׁל
takhathaeshel
“under the tamarisk tree”
- Transliteration
- TA-khat-ha-E-shel
- Extended
- TAH-khaht-hah-EH-shehl
- IPA
- /ˈtaħat.haːˈʔɛʃɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- under the tamarisk tree
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TA-khat-ha-E-shel
- phraseyour reading level
TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA
- clause
ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA va-kha-ni-TO ve-ya-DO ve-KHOL-a-va-DAV ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV
- sentence
va-yish-MA sha-UL KI no-DA da-VID va-a-na-SHIM a-SHER i-TO ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA va-kha-ni-TO ve-ya-DO ve-KHOL-a-va-DAV ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV
Exegesis
Sequential locative elements bagiv‘ah {בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה | ba-gi-ʿāh} ‘at Gibeah’, tachat-ha’eshel {תַּֽחַת־הָאֶ֤שֶׁל | ta-ḥat-hā-ʾe-šel} ‘under the tamarisk tree’, and baramah {בָּֽרָמָה֙ | bā-rā-māh} ‘on the height’ define the specific vantage point.
Root and etymology
“tamarisk”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:6
And Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered, and Saul was seated at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants standing around him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 22:6, so the Hebrew word תַּֽחַת־הָאֶ֤שֶׁל (takhathaeshel) 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.22.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.6.W12.S1) and character.