1 Chronicles 20:5:41 Chr.20.5.W4TAB
וַיַּ֞ךְ
vayakh
“and he struck”
- Transliteration
- va-YAKH
- Extended
- vah-YAHKH
- IPA
- /vajˈjak/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he struck
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
va-YAKH
- clause
va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-OR ya-IR et-lakh-MI a-KHI gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
- sentence
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA et-pe-lish-TIM va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-OR ya-IR et-lakh-MI a-KHI gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:5
And again, there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Yair struck Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite , and the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 20:5, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֞ךְ (vayakh) 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.20.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.5.W4.S1) and character.