1 Samuel 23:28:101 Sam.23.28.W10TAB
קָרְא֤וּ
kareu
“they called”
- Transliteration
- kar-E-U
- Extended
- kaar-eh-OO
- IPA
- /qɔrˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they called
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kar-E-U
- phraseyour reading level
kar-E-U la-ma-KOM
- clause
al-KE-n kar-E-U la-ma-KOM ha-HU SE-la ha-ma-khle-KOT
- sentence
va-YA-shav sha-UL mir-DOF a-kha-RE da-VID va-YE-lekh lik-RA-at pe-lish-TIM al-KE-n kar-E-U la-ma-KOM ha-HU SE-la ha-ma-khle-KOT
Exegesis
The conjunction al-ken {עַל־כֵּן | ʿal-kên} introduces the causative naming clause, where the perfect karu {קָרְאוּ | qārᵉ’û} and demonstrative hahu precede the compound place-name sela hammachlekot {סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת | sēla‘ hammāḥleqōṯ}, following the biblical pattern of event-based toponymy.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾ
“call, name”
In context — 1 Samuel 23:28
So Saul turned back from chasing David and went to confront the Philistines; therefore that place was called Sela Hammachlekot.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:28:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 23:28, so the Hebrew word קָרְא֤וּ (kareu) 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.23.28.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.28.W10.S1) and character.