1 Samuel 23:7:41 Sam.23.7.W4TAB
דָוִ֖ד
david
“David”
- Transliteration
- da-VID
- Extended
- daa-VIHD
- IPA
- /daːˈvid/
Meaning by language
- English
- David
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Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-VID
- phraseyour reading level
KI-va da-VID
- clause
va-yu-GAD le-sha-UL KI-va da-VID ke-I-la
- sentence
va-yu-GAD le-sha-UL KI-va da-VID ke-I-la va-yo-MER sha-UL ni-KHAR o-TO e-lo-HIM be-ya-DI KI nis-ga-GAR la-VO be-IR de-la-TA-yim u-ve-ri-AKH
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘that’ introduces the substantive clause with the Qal perfect ba {בָא | bāʾ} ‘entered’ and the absolute subject David Ke‘ilah {דָוִד קְעִילָה | dāwîḏ qəʿîlāh}, indicating David’s arrival.
Root and etymology
d-w-dd–w–d
“beloved”
In context — 1 Samuel 23:7
Saul was told that David had entered Keilah, and Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by going into a city with gates and a bar.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 23:7, so the Hebrew word דָוִ֖ד (david) 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.23.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.7.W4.S1) and character.