1 Chronicles 19:10:81 Chr.19.10.W8TAB
וַיִּבְחַ֗ר
vayivkhar
“and he chose”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-KHAR
- Extended
- vah-yiv-KHAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jivˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he chose
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiv-KHAR
- clause
va-yiv-KHAR mi-kol-ba-KHUR be-yis-ra-EL va-ya-e-ROKH lik-RA-t a-RAM
- sentence
va-YAR-e yo-AV ki-ha-ye-TA fe-NE-ha-mil-kha-MA e-LAV pa-NIM ve-a-KHOR va-yiv-KHAR mi-kol-ba-KHUR be-yis-ra-EL va-ya-e-ROKH lik-RA-t a-RAM
Exegesis
This verse employs a sequential narrative flow marked by the vav consecutive in vayyare {וַיַּ֣רְא | way·ya·reʼ} ‘and he saw’, vayyiḇḥar {וַיִּבְחַ֗ר | way·yiḇ·ḥar} ‘and he chose’, and wayya‛ā·rōḵ {וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ | way·ya·‛ā·rōḵ} ‘and he arranged’.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:10
And Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and behind, so he chose from all the select men in Israel and arranged them to face Aram.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 19:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְחַ֗ר (vayivkhar) 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.19.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.10.W8.S1) and character.