1 Chronicles 14:16:11 Chr.14.16.W1TAB
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ
vayaas
“and he did”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AS
- Extended
- vah-yah-AS
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕaś/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he did
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-AS
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS da-VID
- clause
va-ya-AS da-VID ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-ya-AS da-VID ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu ha-e-lo-HIM va-ya-KU et-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM mi-giv-ON ve-ad-ga-ZE-ra
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav consecutive in vaya’as {וַיַּעַשׂ | way·yā·’ăś} ‘and he did’, linking David’s action directly to divine instruction.
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:16
And David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon to Gezer.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 14:16, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (vayaas) 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.14.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.16.W1.S1) and character.