1 Chronicles 19:4:101 Chr.19.4.W10TAB
וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃
vayeshallekhem
“and he sent them away”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-shal-le-KHEM
- Extended
- vah-yeh-shahl-leh-KHEM
- IPA
- /vaj.ʃal.ləˈħeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent them away
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-shal-le-KHEM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH kha-NUN et-a-ve-DE da-VID va-ye-gal-le-KHEM va-yikh-ROT et-mad-ve-HEM ba-khe-TSI ad-ha-mif-sa-A va-ye-shal-le-KHEM
Exegesis
The verse uses a rapid sequence of vav-consecutive verbs to drive the narrative: wayyiqquḥ {וַיִּקַּח | wayyiqquḥ} ‘and he took’, wayyigallêḥēm {וַיְגַלְּחֵם | wayyigallêḥēm} ‘and he shaved them’, wayyiqrôt {וַיִּכְרֹת | wayyiqrôt} ‘and he cut off’, wayyishallēḥēm {וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם | wayyishallēḥēm} ‘and he sent them away’.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:4
So Hanun took David’s servants, and he shaved them , and he cut off their garments in the middle up to the buttocks , and he sent them away.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Chronicles 19:4, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃ (vayeshallekhem) 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.19.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.4.W10.S1) and character.