1 Chronicles 19:6:11 Chr.19.6.W1TAB
וַיִּרְאוּ֙
vayireu
“and they saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-E-u
- Extended
- vah-yir-EH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jirˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they saw
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yir-E-u
- clause
va-yir-E-u be-NE a-MON KI hit-be-a-SHU im-da-VID
- sentence
va-yir-E-u be-NE a-MON KI hit-be-a-SHU im-da-VID va-yish-LAKH kha-NUN u-ve-NE a-MON E-lef ki-KAR-KE-sef lis-KOR la-HEM min-a-RAM na-ha-ra-YIM u-min-a-RAM ma-a-KHA u-mits-to-VA RE-khev u-fa-ra-SHIM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive wayyiṯrē’û {וַיִּרְאוּ | wayyiṯrē’û} ‘and they saw’, sequencing this action as the first report.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:6
And the sons of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David , and Hanun and the sons of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen for themselves from Aram Naharayim, Aram Maakah, and Zobah.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 19:6, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְאוּ֙ (vayireu) 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.19.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.6.W1.S1) and character.