1 Kings 20:17:61 Kgs.20.17.W6TAB

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח

vayishlakh

and he sent

Transliteration
va-yish-LAKH
Extended
vah-yihsh-LAHKH
IPA
/vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/

Meaning by language

English
and he sent

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + לַ֣ח
va + yish + lakh
vayishlakh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-LAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-LAKH ben-ha-DAD

  3. clause

    va-yish-LAKH ben-ha-DAD va-ya-GI-du LO le-MOR a-na-SHIM ya-tsu mish-shom-RON

  4. sentence

    va-ye-tsu na-a-RE sa-RE ham-me-di-NOT ba-ri-sho-NA va-yish-LAKH ben-ha-DAD va-ya-GI-du LO le-MOR a-na-SHIM ya-tsu mish-shom-RON

Exegesis

The following waw-consecutive imperfect wayyišlaḥ {וַיִּשְׁלַח | wayyišlaḥ} ‘and he sent’ introduces Ben-Hadad’s action, which is continued by the waw-consecutive Hifʿil imperfect wayyaggîdû {וַיַּגִּידוּ | wayyaggîdû} lo lēʾemor {לוֹ לֵאמֹר | lō lēʾemor} ‘and they informed him, saying’.

Root and etymology

shin-lamed-chetsh-l-ḥ

to send

In context1 Kings 20:17

The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first, and Ben-Hadad sent, and they informed him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 20:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 20:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (vayishlakh) 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 Kgs.20.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.17.W6.S1) and character.