לְ/אֹיְבֵ֥י
𐤋/𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤉
ʼôyêb
to enemies-of
An adversary or enemy, specifically one who bears enmity or hostility toward another individual or group. The term encompasses both personal and collective opposition, often referring to enemies in armed conflict, but also extending to any context of antagonism or active opposition. In the Hebrew Bible, it designates those opposed to individuals (e.g., David's personal enemies), to the people as a group (Israelites' national foes), or, metaphorically, to abstract or cosmic adversaries.
1 Samuel 25:22 · Word #4
Lexicon H341
| Lemma | אֹיֵב |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤀𐤉𐤁 |
| Transliteration | ʼôyêb |
| Strong's | H341 |
| Definition | An adversary or enemy, specifically one who bears enmity or hostility toward another individual or group. The term encompasses both personal and collective opposition, often referring to enemies in armed conflict, but also extending to any context of antagonism or active opposition. In the Hebrew Bible, it designates those opposed to individuals (e.g., David's personal enemies), to the people as a group (Israelites' national foes), or, metaphorically, to abstract or cosmic adversaries. |
Morphology HR/Vqrmpc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | p — Plural — Plural |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
Common Translation
| Phrase | to enemies-of |
SIBI-P1 Translation H341-07
to hostile-ones of
| Morphological Notes | Qal active participle, masculine plural, construct state, with prefixed preposition לְ ("to"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The form is the Qal active participle masculine plural in construct ("hostile-ones of"), from the root איב, with the prefixed לְ meaning "to." Rendering it as "hostile-ones" preserves the participial, agentive sense of those who bear hostility, and "of" reflects the construct relationship. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
to the enemies of
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | 'To the enemies of' is clearer and more naturally expresses the construct relationship in English for לְ/אֹיְבֵ֥י. 'Hostile-ones' is less idiomatic here. |