1 Samuel 22:8:191 Sam.22.8.W19TAB
לְאֹרֵ֖ב
leorev
“to lie in wait”
- Transliteration
- le-o-REV
- Extended
- leh-oh-REEV
- IPA
- /ləʔoːˈreːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to lie in wait
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
le-o-REV
- clause
KI he-KIM be-NI et-av-DI a-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
KI ke-shar-TEM kul-le-KHEM a-LAI ve-EN-GO-le et-OZ-ni bik-RAT-be-NI im-BEN-yi-SHAI ve-EN-KHO-le mik-KHEM a-LAI ve-GO-le et-OZ-ni KI he-KIM be-NI et-av-DI a-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The Hiphil hekim {הֵקִים | hēqîm} ‘has incited’ with the infinitive le’orev {לְאֹרֵב | lə’ōrēḇ} ‘to lie in ambush,’ culminating in kayom hazeh {כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה | ka-yôm hazzeh} ‘as on this day,’ underscores the immediacy of the threat.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-baleph–resh–bet
“to ambush, lie in wait”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:8
Because you have conspired against me, and no one reveals to my ear that my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and none of you cares for me or alerts me that my son has set my servant against me to lie in wait today.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:8:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Samuel 22:8, so the Hebrew word לְאֹרֵ֖ב (leorev) 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.22.8.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.8.W19.S1) and character.