1 Chronicles 19:14:11 Chr.19.14.W1TAB
וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ
vayiggash
“and he drew near”
- Transliteration
- va-yig-GASH
- Extended
- vah-yihg-GASH
- IPA
- /vaj.jigˈgaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he drew near
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-yig-GASH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yig-GASH yo-AV
- clause
va-yig-GASH yo-AV ve-ha-AM a-sher-im-MO lif-NE a-RAM lam-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-yig-GASH yo-AV ve-ha-AM a-sher-im-MO lif-NE a-RAM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav consecutive in vayigash {וַיִּגַּשׁ | way-ya-gash} ‘and he drew near’, marking sequential action and foregrounding Joab.
Root and etymology
נ־ג־שׁ
“to draw near, approach”
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:14
And Joab drew near , and the people who were with him advanced against the Arameans to the battle , and they fled before him.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 19:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ (vayiggash) 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.19.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.14.W1.S1) and character.