Psalm 18:43:1Ps.18.43.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:44

תְּפַלְּטֵנִי֮

tefalleteni

you rescue me

Transliteration
te-fal-le-TE-ni
Extended
teh-fal-leh-TEE-nee
IPA
/təpal.leˈteːni/

Meaning by language

English
you rescue me

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
תְּ + פַל + לְּ + טֵ + נִי֮
te + fal + le + te + ni
tefalleteni

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tett — emphatic
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    te-fal-le-TE-ni

  2. sentence

    te-fal-le-TE-ni me-ri-VEI AM te-si-ME-ni le-ROSH go-YIM AM LO-YA-da-TE ye-av-du-NU-ni

Exegesis

The verse begins with the Piel imperfect verb tepalteni {תְּפַלְּטֵנִי | tə-pal-lə-ṭē-nî} ‘you delivered me,’ foregrounding divine intervention.

Root and etymology

p-l-ṭpe-lamed-tav

to escape, to deliver

In contextPsalm 18:43

You delivered me from the quarrels of the people; you made me head over the nations . A people whom I did not know will serve me.

About this coordinate

Psalm 18:43:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:43, so the Hebrew word תְּפַלְּטֵנִי֮ (tefalleteni) 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 Ps.18.43.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.43.W1.S1) and character.