1 Chronicles 15:29:181 Chr.15.29.W18TAB
וַתִּ֥בֶז
vatibez
“and she despised”
- Transliteration
- va-ti-BEZ
- Extended
- vah-tih-BEHZ
- IPA
- /vat.tiˈvɛz/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she despised
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero |
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Word in context
- word
va-ti-BEZ
- phraseyour reading level
va-ti-BEZ LO
- clause
u-mi-KHAL bat-sha-UL nish-ke-FA be-AD ha-kha-LON va-te-RE et-ha-ME-lekh da-VID me-ra-KED u-me-sa-KHEK va-ti-BEZ LO be-li-BA
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-RON be-RIT ye-ho-VAH BA ad-I-r da-VID u-mi-KHAL bat-sha-UL nish-ke-FA be-AD ha-kha-LON va-te-RE et-ha-ME-lekh da-VID me-ra-KED u-me-sa-KHEK va-ti-BEZ LO be-li-BA
Exegesis
va-tivez {וַתֵּרֶא … וַתִּבֶז | wə-ttē-rāʾ … wə-tti-bez} ‘and she saw … and she despised’ form a cause-and-effect relationship: visual perception evokes inner disdain.
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:29
And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, daughter of Saul, looked out through the window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:29:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Chronicles 15:29, so the Hebrew word וַתִּ֥בֶז (vatibez) 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.15.29.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.29.W18.S1) and character.