1 Chronicles 14:13:41 Chr.14.13.W4TAB
וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ
vayifshetu
“and they made a raid or spread out”
- Transliteration
- va-yif-she-TU
- Extended
- vah-yihf-sheh-TOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jifʃəˈtːuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they made a raid or spread out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yif-she-TU
- sentence
va-yo-SI-fu OD pe-li-shi-TIM va-yif-she-TU ba-E-meq
Exegesis
The subsequent vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayyifshatu {וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ | va-yip-ša-ṯû} ‘and they raided’ propels the narrative, and the prepositional phrase baʿemek {בָּעֵֽמֶק | bă-ʿê-meq} ‘in the valley’, marked by the definite article, specifies a known strategic locale. In the formal approach, sequential actions and repetition are mirrored to preserve the Hebrew emphasis; in the dynamic version, the same intensification is rendered in idiomatic contemporary English.
Root and etymology
p-š-ṭpeh–shin–ṭet
“to spread out, raid”
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:13
And the Philistines once again raided the valley .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 14:13, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ (vayifshetu) 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 Chr.14.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.13.W4.S1) and character.