1 Chronicles 16:37:11 Chr.16.37.W1TAB
וַיַּֽעֲזָב־שָׁ֗ם
vayazavsham
“and he left there”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-ZAV-SHAM
- Extended
- vah-yah-ZAAV-SHAAM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕaˈzaːv.ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he left there
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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-ZAV-SHAM
- clause
va-ya-ZAV-SHAM lif-NE a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH le-a-SAF u-le-e-KHAV
- sentence
va-ya-ZAV-SHAM lif-NE a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH le-a-SAF u-le-e-KHAV le-sha-RET lif-NE ha-A-RON ta-MID lid-VAR-YOM be-yo-MO
Exegesis
The verse begins with wayya‘ăzāv-šām {וַיַּֽעֲזָב-שָׁם | wayya‘ăzāv-šām} ‘and he left there’, a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect that sets the narrative action and location.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-m
“name, reputation”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:37
And he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister continually, according to the day’s ritual .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 16:37, so the Hebrew word וַיַּֽעֲזָב־שָׁ֗ם (vayazavsham) 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.16.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.37.W1.S1) and character.