1 Chronicles 19:18:11 Chr.19.18.W1TAB
וַיָּ֣נָ
vanahs
“and fled”
- Transliteration
- va-NAHS
- Extended
- vah-NAAS
- IPA
- /vajˈnaːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- and fled
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
va-NAHS
- phraseyour reading level
va-NAHS a-RAM
- clause
va-NAHS a-RAM mi-lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-ya-ha-ROG da-VID me-a-RAM shiv-AT a-la-FIM RE-khev ve-ar-ba-IM E-lef ISH rag-LI
- sentence
va-NAHS a-RAM mi-lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-ya-ha-ROG da-VID me-a-RAM shiv-AT a-la-FIM RE-khev ve-ar-ba-IM E-lef ISH rag-LI ve-ET sho-FAKH sar-ha-tsa-VA he-MIT
Exegesis
The verse employs the vav-consecutive narrative with vayanas {וַיָּ֣נָס | wayyānas} ‘and he fled’ and vayaharog {וַיַּהֲרֹ֨ג | wayyahārog} ‘and he killed’ to mark successive past actions.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:18
And Aram fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand chariot troops and forty thousand foot soldiers . He then put to death Shophakh, the commander of the army.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 19:18, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֣נָ (vanahs) 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.19.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.18.W1.S1) and character.