1 Chronicles 15:4:11 Chr.15.4.W1TAB
וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף
vayeesof
“and he gathered”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-e-SOF
- Extended
- vah-yeh-eh-SOHF
- IPA
- /vaj.jeʔɛˈsof/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he gathered
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-e-SOF
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-e-SOF da-VID
- sentence
va-ye-e-SOF da-VID et-be-NEI a-ha-RON ve-et-ha-le-vi-YIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayye'esof {וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף | wayyēʾăṣōp̄} ‘and he gathered’, introducing the narrative action in a VSO order when followed by the subject David {דָּוִד | dāwīd}.
Root and etymology
ʾ-s-paleph–samekh–pe
“to gather”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:4
And David gathered the sons of Aaron and the Levites .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 15:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף (vayeesof) 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.15.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.4.W1.S1) and character.